periodical

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 trend is seen with periodical comic books too, with only four franchises outside of Marvel and DC able to crack the top 50 comics of 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

The proles, normally apathetic about the war, were being lashed into one of their periodical frenzies of patriotism.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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

At central Amsterdam’s landmark Athanaeum bookstore, whose eclectic periodicals draw a loyal clientele from across Europe, customers and staff alike were briefly mystified by the long queues at a nearby koekmakerij — a cookie shop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024

In the 1950s and 1960s, her stories were broadcast on the CBC and published in several Canadian periodicals.

From BBC ● May 14, 2024

There are piles of scientific periodicals and little china figurines of fat-faced children that belonged to my grandmother.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm