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
Shana Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2023
Vultures are large, daytime (diurnal) raptors that primarily feed on the decaying flesh of dead animals, known as carrion.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
It's known for capitalizing on Texas' extreme climate and its pronounced diurnal and seasonal temperature variations to craft intense and flavorful bourbons.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Nighttime temperatures in the 50s and 60s helped to offset daytime conditions that often saw the mercury rising into the 90s and low 100s, but that diurnal swing alone wouldn’t be enough without human intervention.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Izmir doesn’t have large diurnal shifts (the temperature difference between night and day) and without cooling periods, grapes can ripen faster and often lose acidity, which means those in Izmir are harvested almost 20 days earlier than the grapes in the inland Denizli province.
—Shana Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2023
Vultures are large, daytime (diurnal) raptors that primarily feed on the decaying flesh of dead animals, known as carrion.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
It's known for capitalizing on Texas' extreme climate and its pronounced diurnal and seasonal temperature variations to craft intense and flavorful bourbons.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Nighttime temperatures in the 50s and 60s helped to offset daytime conditions that often saw the mercury rising into the 90s and low 100s, but that diurnal swing alone wouldn’t be enough without human intervention.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diurnal
Adjective
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This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Along with daily habit changes, incorporating certain ingredients, such as retinol and vitamin C, into your body-care regimen will help diminish the look for skin crepiness.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
8 Feb. 2025
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Their work began last year and continues through March, with the goals of creating a quilt show and adding information to the Mingei’s databases through researching periodicals, magazines, speaking with and learning from quilt historians, and from local quilters.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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Johnson, who already has a pickleball business consulting business and a periodical launched focusing on the industry of the sport, will now help bring some organizational order to the growing world of facilities owners.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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The newspaper also said Andrew met the Chinese ambassador to Britain to ask for help promoting Waterberg Stirling's investment interests in China.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Floridians figuratively live in dark times: many believe that evil forces embodied by the federal government are trying to destroy America, and most newspapers are on life support.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
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The research has been published in the journal NEJM Evidence.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
11 Feb. 2025
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Under India's One Nation One Subscription, some 18 million students, faculty, and researchers will have access to nearly 13,000 journals for the next three years.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2025
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But Robinson lent his work a different kind of conceptual underpinning via his process, which relied not on traditional training but the kind of learning available in amateur painting books.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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He’s promised to bring the energy of his L.A. roots to the New Orleans stage, and with SZA by his side, this Halftime Show is shaping up to be one for the history books.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
9 Feb. 2025
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This story appeared in the Feb. 12 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.—
Brad Japhe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Many of these episodes expanded upon subjects written about in Scientific American magazine.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Diurnal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diurnal. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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