Thesaurus results for DIURNALS

diurnals

noun

plural of diurnal

as in books

a publication that appears at regular intervals a collection of diurnals containing essays by preeminent 19th-century American writers and thinkers

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Recent Examples of diurnals During its 12-day journey, SE2 completed one full day-night diurnal cycle over New Mexico and three consecutive diurnals off the Brazilian coast. — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026

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HarperCollins said Archer's books were sold in 119 countries.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Shop for clothing, books, antiques, and jewelry (Croghan’s is amazing) up and down King Street.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of books

Noun

When word spread that the Chief Librarian of the Army was paying a visit, soldiers rushed to request their favorite periodicals and book genres.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Operating for nearly a century, Algani began in 1927 as a modest seller of newspapers, periodicals, and postcards before evolving into one of the city’s first international newsstands.

— Eleonora Giordani, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of periodicals

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Also on the lobby level, a corner shop sells downloadable newspapers and magazines, snacks, and classic Penguin paperbacks.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Earlier bans were usually covered by local newspapers and then eventually forgotten.

— Naveen Basavaraj, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of newspapers

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But available information from state health departments and medical journals suggests the Florida outbreak marks the most cases in a calendar year for any state since at least the 1940s.

— Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Shimoda reveals how identities are forged through steamships crisscrossing the Pacific, formed by old family journals and photographs, and also obscured by systemic erasure.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of journals

Noun

Which is to say the agents are hustling — and even trying to submit to literary magazines — to stay alive.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
If you get parched while walking the trails, pop into a resting station with bathrooms, coffee, water, snacks, books, and magazines.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of magazines

Noun

The machine specifically moves blood around the heart and lungs, allowing those organs to rest and heal.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Prosecutor Chryso Perganti said that the boy was pronounced dead in hospital a couple of hours after his fall, suffering multiple skull and bone fractures and damage to his vital organs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of organs

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Also on Wednesday, the BBC Sport unit told employees about plans to make redundancies and cut sports bulletins on its news channel.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Prospective intelligence automates the monitoring of payer bulletins, regulatory guidance and coding updates to identify what is supposed to change.

— Terry Goertz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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