periodical
noun
a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
periodicals
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pluralof periodical.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Simply put, photographs were still scarce, relatively speaking, but they were on their way to replacing woodblock illustrations in newspapers and periodicals to become the dominant form of visual media.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025
High-end niche periodicals are popping up, but the trend might be most evident in a burst of small-batch, independent outdoors magazines like Adventure Journal, Mountain Gazette, Summit Journal and Ori.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
By the time the annual cicadas come out, the periodicals are long dead.
From Salon ● May 16, 2024
I had gone to Mee Lung Dry Goods over the weekend and scoured all the periodicals for advertisements and photographs.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
