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journal

[jur-nl] / ˈdʒɜr nl /
NOUN
chronicle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
account almanac annals calendar daily diary gazette magazine memoir monthly newspaper note paper periodical publication review tabloid weekly
STRONG
annual chronology daybook ledger log memento minutes observation organ rag record register reminder reminiscence statement
WEAK
comic book scandal sheet

Example Sentences

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The findings appear in the journal Science Advances, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

A 2024 study in the journal Health Affairs found that hospital discharges with the highest Medicare severity billing coding rose 41% between 2011 and 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The findings, published online Wednesday by the journal Nature, showed people with a common gene variant lost more weight on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs than those without it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The findings, outlined in the Nature journal, could explain why some people lose far more weight than others and why some have particularly bad side-effects, such as nausea and vomiting, while taking them.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

I staple together some paper to make a journal where tomorrow my group and I can track the plants and animals we see, but I don’t get any farther than that.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila