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as in diary
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 This little journal carves out those moments in an approachable way, with short prompts that are meant to take only a few minutes to answer but that can help bring her mind to the present and fill her with gratitude and intention. Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024 The journal Citizen Science: Theory and Practice is looking for abstracts for a Special Collection on citizen science in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM). Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024 Other essential events that have been created over the years include year-round programming: screenings, a filmmaker seminar, a film production lab, and a print journal. Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024 For large gifts: For gifts the size of a journal or a board game, opt for a larger bag, such as one that measures 12 inches by 14 inches. Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for journal 
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Noun
  • Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Authorities said he was beaten with a blunt instrument, but there were no details about a suspect, the newspaper reported.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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  • Between songs, ensemble members deliver brief monologues from individual combatants and others, drawn from letters, diaries and other documents.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But the diary of Narendra Sethia, a British supply officer on the attacking submarine, sharply contradicted the government’s account and justifications; when its contents were made public, Parliament rang with war-crimes accusations.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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  • Less than a decade after Mao’s death, periodicals filled with dueling essays on contentious questions such as the relevance of Karl Marx’s theory of alienation and whether traditional Confucianism impeded China’s modernization.
    Julian Gewirtz, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Daily newspapers ran no images, and the technology to reproduce photographs in books or periodicals was still 40 years away.
    Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
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  • Newsweek's Workplaces Editor Aman Kidwai moderated the discussion at the magazine's office at One World Trade Center in New York City.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • As an introverted schoolboy in Reading, England—his family had moved there from Belfast—Branagh wrote to his actor heroes, combing through old theatre magazines and charting their rise from tiny parts at the Royal Shakespeare Company to later triumphs.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • The psychological thriller, adapted from a book of the same name, follows a crime that shatters a decades-long friendship of three women.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In all, Hill has written or helped with 14 books on various subjects from basketball to murder, the Belle of Louisville and gardening.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Journal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journal. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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