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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 According to a 2023 study in the journal of Behavioral Sciences, motivated students show more interest in their classes, have more fun, and the impact of motivation on academic performance is more consistent than the impact of self-esteem. Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025 The collapse of tropical forests was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming that followed, according to a new study published July 2 in the British journal Nature Communications. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 July 2025 For her media diet: Staying up to date with medical journals and rereading books with life lessons. Renée Onque, CNBC, 3 July 2025 The results were published in the journal Contraception. Lisa Falco, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for journal
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Noun
  • In late June, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba authorized the shootdown, permitted even in the absence of an immediate threat to life, according to Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper.
    John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
  • The book centers around four heady weeks at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which begins the unraveling of two newspaper critics who have traveled up from London to cover the sprawling performance art event.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • After the war, his memory would be honored by the publication of his diaries.
    Suzanne Cope July 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
  • But her diaries paint a picture of someone still battling — this time not in court, but in her own home.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • How accurate is the Farmers' Almanac? Farmers' Almanac is an annual American periodical that has been in continuous publication since 1818, providing long-range weather predictions for the U.S. and Canada.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Please Don’t Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr (1957) $16 $19 now 16% off This used to be a proper country, where numerous humor writers regularly published in mainstream periodicals their gentle, relatable, and cutting musings about the foibles of modern life.
    Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • According to Parade magazine's Sharon Tharp, live feeds start at 12:30 a.m.
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025
  • This story appeared in the July 9 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • And yet, Ullmann calls this introspective book a novel, imposing some distance between herself and the story she’s told.
    Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
  • In this way, The Bewitching could be viewed as a dark academia book too.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 15 July 2025

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“Journal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journal. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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