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periodicals

  • plural
    of periodical.
    periodical
    noun
    a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.

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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

Lowrider magazine was once among the bestselling newsstand automotive periodicals in the country.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2025

By the time the annual cicadas come out, the periodicals are long dead.

From Salon May 16, 2024

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

From BBC May 14, 2024

The bookshelf in their living room at home now held only an assortment of religious bound volumes and his father’s periodicals on agriculture.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai