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| appendix |
a section at the end of a book or magazine article that gives more information. [1/2 definitions] |
| article |
a piece of writing on a particular subject that appears in a newspaper, magazine, or book. [1/4 definitions] |
| bulletin |
a magazine or small newspaper published at regular times. [1/2 definitions] |
| caption |
the words that describe a picture or graph in a magazine, book, or newspaper. |
| circulation |
the number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold at a given time, or the selling itself. [1/3 definitions] |
| column |
an article or other piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine that appears on a regular schedule. [1/4 definitions] |
| columnist |
a writer or editor of a regular column or feature in a newspaper or magazine. |
| comic |
(plural) one or more series of cartoons, or a book, magazine, or newspaper section that contains such series. [1/3 definitions] |
| comic book |
a book or magazine that contains a series of cartoons that tell a story. Some comic books tell funny stories, but many comic books are about adventure, love, or other things. |
| correspondent |
a person who reports news or contributes articles regularly to a newspaper, magazine, TV network, or the like, from a distant area. [1/2 definitions] |
| digest |
a collection of stories, news articles, or other written works. The items in a digest are often shortened so that more of them can fit in one book or magazine. [1/3 definitions] |
| editor |
a person who writes editorials for a newspaper or magazine. [1/2 definitions] |
| journal |
a newspaper or magazine. [1/2 definitions] |
| leaf |
to quickly turn the pages of a book, magazine, or the like (usually followed by "through"). [1/5 definitions] |
| monthly |
a magazine or journal that is published once a month. [1/4 definitions] |
| news |
(used with a singular verb) a report of recent important events, read out on the television or radio, or printed in a newspaper, magazine, or Web site. |
| periodical |
a magazine that is printed every week, month, or at some other regular time. |
| publication |
a magazine, book, newspaper, or other thing that is published. [1/3 definitions] |
| reporter |
a person whose job is to gather and report news for a newspaper or magazine, or for a television station or radio station. |
| review |
an article in a newspaper or magazine that judges the worth of a new book, film, play, restaurant, or the like. [1/7 definitions] |
| subscribe |
to agree to pay for a certain number of issues of a publication such as a magazine. |
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