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periodical

[peer-ee-od-i-kuhl] / ˌpɪər iˈɒd ɪ kəl /


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An entire notebook is devoted to The Spectator, a daily periodical that ran for 555 issues between 1711 and 1712 commenting on the manners and fads of London society.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

The first periodical in Southern California was bilingual: the Los Angeles Star, which began publishing in 1851.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2024

There are close to 200 species of cicada in North America, only seven of which exhibit synchronized 13- and 17-year life cycles — otherwise known as periodical cicadas.

From Salon May 16, 2024

“I can’t imagine, given the fact that periodical cicadas are national news, that we won’t have guests both local and from outside New Orleans, asking us about that,” said Lemann.

From Seattle Times Apr. 18, 2024

She went about her business, sitting at the table writing an article for her periodical, a furrow of fierce concentration on her face.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

We learn that Renoir’s scenes of contemporary life often served as illustrations for books and periodicals, and discover the influence of the requirements of reproduction on his technique.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 20, 2025

For example, the University of Chicago now spends more than $100,000 annually on buying books and periodicals through the Library of Congress field office in Delhi.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2024

By the time the annual cicadas come out, the periodicals are long dead.

From Salon May 16, 2024

Before World, a biweekly, was launched in 1986, religious periodicals were often cheaply mimeographed and filled with church news.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2024

This particular summer afternoon, in a dusty geological library in Vienna, Sergeant Major von Rumpel follows an underweight secretary wearing brown shoes, brown stockings, a brown skirt, and a brown blouse through stacks of periodicals.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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