periodical
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The U.S., where there are both annual and periodical cicada swarms, tends to take a more laissez-faire approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
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
“Have they read the harrowing history of their ancestors’ bondage in Egypt to no purpose?” one writer in a Jewish periodical asked of pro-slavery Jews.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025
This language continued through the 1860s, as evidenced by texts such as pro-slavery advocate J. Quitman Moore’s article in the Southern periodical De Bow’s Review titled “Feudalism in America.”
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024
The Four Continents stocked a small but potent collection of chess books, as well as the latest copies of Shakhmatny Bulletin, a newly launched Russian-language periodical.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Jackson’s proposal died in the Senate, but that did not end postal censorship of abolitionist periodicals.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
Lowrider magazine was once among the bestselling newsstand automotive periodicals in the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 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
There were the armies of reference clerks whose job was simply to draw up lists of books and periodicals which were due for recall.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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