as in journal
a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use has diligently kept a diary since she was 15

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Recent Examples of diary Teachers also kept diaries, filled out surveys before and after the sessions, and participated in focus groups. Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025 After the war, his memory would be honored by the publication of his diaries. Suzanne Cope july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025 But her diaries paint a picture of someone still battling — this time not in court, but in her own home. Christina Coulter, People.com, 2 July 2025 Gertrude Harten, a German internee from Ecuador, wrote in her diary that two U.S. soldiers with rifles knocked on her door in Cuenca, Ecuador, and apprehended her husband, Wolfgang Harten, in December 1943. Joann Deluna, NPR, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for diary
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  • According to Healthcare Workers Watch, a Palestinian non-governmental organization that has been cited in medical journals and international media reports, Sultan was the seventieth health-care worker killed in the Gaza Strip in the past fifty days alone.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 19 July 2025
  • The research was published July 16 in the journal Nature.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 18 July 2025

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“Diary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diary. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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