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a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use has diligently kept a diary since she was 15

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Recent Examples of diary This post is a running diary of the March 2nd draft, with at-the-time reactions to the players selected. Todd Boss, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Take an active role in your care by keeping a detailed symptom diary — noting the timing, triggers, and severity of specific manifestations. Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Mar. 2025 Sponsored by the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the award honors exceptional work and encompasses fiction, travel writing, memoir and diary. Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025 Ottawa plans a further $87 billion tariffs in three weeks on American products like electric vehicles, fruits and vegetables, diary, beef, pork, electronics, steel and trucks. Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for diary

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“Diary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diary. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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