as in daily
occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day
a love as constant and certain as the diurnal tides
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as in periodical
a publication that appears at regular intervals
a collection of diurnals containing essays by preeminent 19th-century American writers and thinkers
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Recent Examples of diurnal
Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
As part of their daily (diurnal) pattern, melatonin levels must fall to support waking up and reduce daytime sleepiness.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Adjective
The region's cool climate, high diurnal temperature range, and stony, well-draining soils are ideal for enhancing the aromatic profile and maintaining the grape’s natural acidity.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
As part of their daily (diurnal) pattern, melatonin levels must fall to support waking up and reduce daytime sleepiness.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
The exhibition welcomes us into diurnal at the street-level, and leads us into the nocturnal in the downstairs galleries.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Adjective
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Multiple studies have found a link between daily cannabis use and heart problems.—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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Republican lawmakers in Nebraska, for example, objected to the weather service ceasing daily weather balloon launches from smaller offices as Democratic lawmakers rallied against cuts at NOAA’s headquarters in the Maryland suburbs of Washington.—
William Tong,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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How accurate is the Farmers' Almanac? Farmers' Almanac is an annual American periodical that has been in continuous publication since 1818, providing long-range weather predictions for the U.S. and Canada.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Please Don’t Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr (1957) $16 $19 now 16% off This used to be a proper country, where numerous humor writers regularly published in mainstream periodicals their gentle, relatable, and cutting musings about the foibles of modern life.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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In late June, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba authorized the shootdown, permitted even in the absence of an immediate threat to life, according to Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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The book centers around four heady weeks at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which begins the unraveling of two newspaper critics who have traveled up from London to cover the sprawling performance art event.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, found that Florida adolescent general handgun carrying increased by 65%, from 3.7% to 6.0%, from 2002 to 2022.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
7 July 2025
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Advertisement Indian cities are warming at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the country, according to a study published in Nature journal in May 2024, with an average increase of 0.53°C per decade.—
Time,
Time,
7 July 2025
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And yet, Ullmann calls this introspective book a novel, imposing some distance between herself and the story she’s told.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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In this way, The Bewitching could be viewed as a dark academia book too.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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According to Parade magazine's Sharon Tharp, live feeds start at 12:30 a.m.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
9 July 2025
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This story appeared in the July 9 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
9 July 2025
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“Diurnal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diurnal. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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