journals

plural of journal
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as in diaries
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 journals Stay in the loop by reading blogs, journals, and industry news to stay in the know. Sho Dewan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 People told us about local governments taking everything from tents and sleeping bags to journals, pictures and mementos. Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 27 Dec. 2024 The findings were described in three separate papers published in the journals Nature and Nature Ecology and Evolution. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024 In 1976, women in the United States were opening bookstores left and right and starting newspapers, magazines, and journals to publish writing and thinking about the growing feminist and lesbian movements. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 Dec. 2024 His short stories appeared with welcome frequency in such journals and magazines as McSweeney’s, StoryQuarterly, HyperText and Catamaran. Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024 Retractions in scientific journals are rare and typically undergo an extensive investigative process. Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024 Officials said Davis researched and wrote about dozens of mass killers in journals, on other items in his home and on social media between July of last year and June, when he was arrested on an unrelated charge. Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024 The fact that most conferences and management journals talk mainly about the problems generated by hierarchies of authority helps continue the impression that networks of competence don’t exist. Steve Denning, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for journals
Noun
  • The production of our diaries is like a high-end necktie factory, which, in a day produces many customer’s products simply by continually changing the material on the same production line.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
  • By 1977, Bennett transitioned to running Graphic Image full-time, expanding the business beyond diaries using his leather bookbinding expertise.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Most of his books were created in the pre-internet age, when research was done the dusty, old-fashioned way, plowing through archives and fading newspapers.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • An eight-month investigation by USA TODAY's Network of Ohio newspapers last year exposed years of oppressive lockdowns, deadly violence, and chronic understaffing in the state's youth prison system.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Though originally the selections were made in-house, the editors soon cast a wider net by soliciting contributions from newspapers, trade periodicals, and fan magazines, collating the results, and giving front page coverage to the finalists.
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
  • This sparked his interest in cameras and optics, a passion that has now spanned the better part of four decades and led to his being featured in several national photography magazines for competition-winning photos.
    Matt Morris, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • When children swallow more than one separate magnet, the magnets will try to attach by ripping through internal organs.
    Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Lupus sees the body's immune system mistakenly attack its own healthy cells and tissues, which can cause inflammation and damage in organs or systems, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024

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“Journals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journals. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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