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a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use the writer faithfully records his dreams in a journal, believing that they are a vital key to self-understanding

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Recent Examples of journal The rate is lower than previously thought, said Nick Wright, coauthor of the study published Tuesday in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025 The study, published last week by Aston University researchers in the journal i-Perception, recreated one of the few solid quantitative studies on dazzle ship effectiveness, updating the methods to meet modern scientific standards. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025 Hale’s year poring over archival records and correspondences revealed van Dyck’s work was swiped from the Boughton House by Leonard Gerald Gwynne Ramsey, the editor of the journal The Connoisseur, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, according to the release. Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025 Alex writes to Spencer in her journal just before boarding her train. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for journal
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Noun
  • Yousef has also publicly criticized Hamas’ decision to attack Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the newspaper reported.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Its media portfolio comprises newspapers and magazines including Sunset, Defense News, Military Times and broadcaster Cheddar TV.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Les Cahiers Secrets Eau de Parfum comes from the diaries of Anaïs Nin and her literary community in 1930s Paris.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Democrat and the Gazette even blamed the Black residents of Elaine for the violence and the Black periodicals the Chicago Defender and The Crisis (the NAACP’s magazine) for inciting racial hatred.
    Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The expert testimony that the jury didn’t hear was presented by affidavit and published in periodicals around the nation.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The collection launches with a campaign featuring Los Angeles skateboarder Erik Ellington and Thrasher magazine frequenter Davey Sayles on the streets of Milan.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The building, a five-story apartment complex located in the southern Italian city of Bari, collapsed on Wednesday, March 5 — trapping a woman, 74, beneath the debris, Wanted in Rome — an English magazine for expats in Italy — reports, citing Italian outlet ANSA.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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  • The fire had taken almost all of it: her husband’s memorabilia from 15 years as the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, their ceramics and furniture, all their photographs and books.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
  • No longer relegated to pillars in history books, Aziza quickly learns just how human the Jaspers are.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025

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“Journal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journal. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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