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periodical

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


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The shutdown already resulted in staffing shortages and periodical flight delays.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

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

Several editors at the Columbia Law Review described the board’s intervention as an unprecedented breach of editorial independence at the periodical, which is run by students at Columbia Law School.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Delicate equilibrium of periodical filth between two moons balanced.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner




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