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as in periodicals
a publication that appears at regular intervals
a monthly scientific journal
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Recent Examples of journals
Publications such as National Geographic, first issued in 1888, initially served as research journals but gradually evolved to accommodate readers who sought vicarious travel experiences through reading.
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Suzanne Dundas, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
The judge also raised concerns about the plaintiff’s evidence, finding that some materials — including sonogram images contained in personal journals — had been falsified.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
These considerations led us to add the volume The Unknown Kerouac, with early journals and translations from the joual, to our ongoing multivolume Kerouac edition.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
The incentives for journals and researchers are often at odds with the incentives for publishing good science, which has been particularly true of special issues.
—Anil Oza, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026
Papers using that methodology have been published — after review by experts in the field — in a number of esteemed journals, including Pediatrics and the New England Journal of Medicine.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
Yet Picard doesn’t speak as a guru, but as an Ivy League professor who publishes in top journals and tests his ideas empirically.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
The series features archival footage, experts from Potter’s personal journals and interviews with figures such as Potter’s sister Elizabeth Potter and rock climber Alex Honnald, among others.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Frisbee kept detailed journals describing full venues and lively crowd reactions.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Suzanne Dundas, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
The judge also raised concerns about the plaintiff’s evidence, finding that some materials — including sonogram images contained in personal journals — had been falsified.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
These considerations led us to add the volume The Unknown Kerouac, with early journals and translations from the joual, to our ongoing multivolume Kerouac edition.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
The incentives for journals and researchers are often at odds with the incentives for publishing good science, which has been particularly true of special issues.
—Anil Oza, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026
Papers using that methodology have been published — after review by experts in the field — in a number of esteemed journals, including Pediatrics and the New England Journal of Medicine.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
Yet Picard doesn’t speak as a guru, but as an Ivy League professor who publishes in top journals and tests his ideas empirically.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
The series features archival footage, experts from Potter’s personal journals and interviews with figures such as Potter’s sister Elizabeth Potter and rock climber Alex Honnald, among others.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Frisbee kept detailed journals describing full venues and lively crowd reactions.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for journals
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Amazing was part of a thriving genre of periodicals that included Astounding Stories of Super-Science (later Analog Science Fiction and Fact) and Galaxy Science Fiction.—
Chris Klimek,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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Some work came as news through notices of what was happening in cities and towns through the local press and other coverage came through academic outlets or periodicals.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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Soundtrack was originally released as an audiobook so adapting it into its new print form was a different experience for the author — and anyone who's ever read their old diaries may be able to relate to seeing old words with new eyes.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The interesting back-story could also be conveyed better than the diaries scattered around the world.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Since May 1996, a group of neighbors has met almost every month to talk about books.—
Maggie Penman,
Washington Post,
1 May 2026
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There are also samples of children’s programs from the 1800s and early 1900s, as well as small leather school attendance books that were handwritten by the founders of the church.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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When the news broke in newspapers in Zimbabwe that the government was planning to cull 600 elephants, Krog made contact with the conservancy.—
Kamala Thiagarajan,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
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Dollison continued editing and publishing populist newspapers such as the Alliance Voice, the Clay County Progress, the Paragould Democrat, the Paragould Press and the Walnut Ridge Telephone.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Apr. 2026
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The furniture is flanked by hundreds of jazz and classical CDs in tidy, towering racks, along with stacks of books and magazines.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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There were movies, TV shows, books, magazines.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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Fossils from these most special locations not only show body outlines and external textures but also preserve details from appendages and internal organs, from eyes and gills to guts and nerve networks.—
Marlowe Starling,
Quanta Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Whitaker donated his corneas, four organs and his heart for research.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Journals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journals. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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