periodicals
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pluralof periodical.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
periodicalnouna magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
Example Sentences
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Acknowledging that he lacked statutory authority to ban material from the mail, he nonetheless ruled against delivery of the 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
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
Bobby, who was becoming Collins’s pupil, had been studying past and present chess games for years and had begun to dip into Collins’s library of hundreds of books and periodicals.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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