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periodical

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


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His first beat was covering oils, fats and waxes for the weekly trade periodical Chemical Market Reporter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Declonius Peck, its beloved editor-in-chief, has gone to prison for embezzlement, and his evil twin, Salton, has assumed management of the family business, along with the 39 editors who curate the periodical.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

El Niño, a pattern of periodical sea surface warming, affects weather systems globally.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

“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

The NACW, along with its publication Woman’s Era, the first periodical published in the United States by black women, became a powerful force in the fight for the ballot.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

These funds were used to purchase local books, periodicals, phonograph records, and "other media" in multiple Indian languages, enriching collections at over two dozen universities.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024

The rest of the day he would devote to reading various periodicals and library books.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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