Definitions

journal

[jur-nl] / ˈdʒɜr nl /

NOUN

chronicle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

account almanac annals calendar daily diary gazette magazine memoir monthly newspaper note paper periodical publication review tabloid weekly

STRONG

annual chronology daybook ledger log memento minutes observation organ rag record register reminder reminiscence statement

WEAK

comic book scandal sheet

Example Sentences

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A consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expected a smaller 2.2% decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Oil prices initially rose as much as 4% after Israel launched airstrikes against Iran early Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported External link.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

But our new findings, published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology, challenge this long-held idea about human evolution.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

OpenAI has been working with a few bankers, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, on the IPO process and aims to go public as soon as September, the Wall Street Journal earlier reported.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Many tests are less reliable: a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, for example, suggests that the well-known Pap test for cervical cancer is only 75 percent accurate.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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