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 For an example of one such case, a friend suggests a dive into the diaries of George Templeton Strong, a wealthy nineteenth-century New York City lawyer, and his eyewitness account, from 1863, of the Draft Riots, in Manhattan. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 Archaeologists searching for graves find third set of remains with gunshot wound On Thursday, Solomon-Simmons and others encouraged Tulsa residents to turn over any documents, diaries and pictures, or share their or their relatives’ stories related to the massacre. Omar Jimenez, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024 In 2003, the first year BLS asked Americans to keep time-use diaries, people spent an average of 4 hours 47 minutes a day alone. Marissa Conrad, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024 While hiding from the Nazis, the young girl filled the pages of her now-iconic diary. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for diary 

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“Diary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diary. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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