magazines

noun

plural of magazine
1
as in warehouses
a building for storing goods the village kept a magazine where people left common supplies

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2
as in armories
a place where military arms are stored the magazine is heavily guarded to prevent theft

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3
as in periodicals
a publication that appears at regular intervals a weekly sports magazine

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Recent Examples of magazines Rachel was previously an editor at Us Weekly and DuJour magazines, and is a graduate of the Columbia University Publishing Course. — Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 1 Sep. 2026 Take bills and receipts to the office, shoes to the closet, stacks of magazines to the recycle bin, used tissues to the trash, and dishes to the kitchen. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026 Not for nothing has White Barn Inn been blessed with just about every hospitality and dining award possible—from the endless applause of regional magazines and AAA five diamond ratings to a spot on Traveler's Gold List. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 Joining me were food writers from Bon Appetit and Parade magazines. — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026 On May 4, Annunciation families watched from the gallery as the Minnesota Senate passed, by one vote, the most sweeping gun control bill in Minnesota history, including a ban on semiautomatic weapons and large-capacity magazines. — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 Before long, Katseye earned rare, early-career recognition, featuring on the cover of i-D, Teen Vogue, InStyle, Allure, and Nylon magazines, as well as securing billboard chart placements and two Grammy nominations. — Kati Chitrakorn, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026 Working outside the glossy magazines allows for certain liberties. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026 But Luwi had saved some of Gajdusek’s old magazines from the place, as well as his gas cylinders and Coleman lanterns. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magazines
  1. warehouses
  2. armories
  3. periodicals
  4. repositories
  5. arsenals
  6. books
  7. depots
  8. newspapers
Noun
  • In Brovary and Boryspil, cities in the Kyiv region, the aerial attacks struck several warehouses and four people were wounded, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the regional military administration.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Recent strikes have damaged numerous warehouses across Kyiv and the wider region, including facilities storing books, food and other consumer goods.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of warehouses
Noun
  • The work is part of a larger effort statewide to update the National Guard’s armories, as renovations in recent years have either been completed or are planned at many readiness centers, including those in Brainerd, New Ulm, Marshall, Moorhead and Fergus Falls.
    — Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
  • Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire a year ago, but Israel — which says the group has been rebuilding its armories, and that Lebanon is failing in its commitment to disarm it — has ramped up attacks against Hezbollah in recent days.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of armories
Noun
  • People who might be lucky to have a roof over their heads gathered there to read American books and periodicals, watch American movies, listen to lectures about America, tap their toes to jazz from America.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • It is anticipated that all IEEE periodicals will be included in the Integrity Hub screening by the end of this year.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
Definition of periodicals
Noun
  • Hospitals are major repositories of addictive substances that can also be crucial medical treatments.
    — Alexandra Byrne, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
  • This may mean that information on the capabilities and limitations of updates are delivered to all users via YouTube–like tutorials and new, highly effective AI prompts are shared and stored via GitHub-like knowledge repositories.
    — Emelia S. Probasco, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of repositories
Noun
  • Experts say North Korea has often used its rivals’ drills as a pretext to ramp up testing activities to expand its weapons arsenals and promote public support for the reclusive North Korean leader.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Experts say North Korea has often used its rivals' drills as a pretext to ramp up its testing activities to expand its weapons arsenals and promote public support for leader Kim Jong Un.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of arsenals
Noun
  • By the end of the night, Chicago had nine in total as part of a 17-3 rout that cemented August 2026 as one for the record books for the North Siders.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Chase said the acquisition marked an expansion of the library’s collecting interests beyond its millions of rare books, manuscripts and historical items spanning from the 11th through the 21st centuries.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • Moscow’s forces have recently hit other food storage depots, leaving some supermarket shelves empty.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Four Russian glide bombs destroyed a sorting center belonging to the postal service Nova Poshta in the northern Sumy region, and a drone smashed one of its depots in the Kyiv region, the company said.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of depots
Noun
  • These days, the existential challenges faced by newspapers across the country sound more like a Shakespearean tragedy than a comedy.
    — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • But Murdoch actually did ride around on the tube, checking out which newspapers were being read.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of newspapers

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“Magazines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magazines. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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