mags

noun

plural of mag
as in magazines
a publication that appears at regular intervals flip through this month's fashion mags to find out what's in style

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Recent Examples of mags His wife, Lizzie Fulton, arrived at the same time as an artist friend named Max Glaser, who’d brought a box full of old nudie mags. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 There was a time when plastic surgery was something that was only talked about behind closed doors — or speculated about in the pages of gossip mags. — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026 The show follows the usual rhythms of a romance novel and the erotic stories that used to populate gay skin mags. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mags
  1. magazines
  2. periodicals
  3. books
  4. journals
  5. newspapers
Noun
  • 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
Definition of magazines
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
  • 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
  • Historians have gleaned information from journals, letters and diaries, about their dialect.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The organization has generated $13 million in research, published 25 studies in scientific journals and created innovative programs to support veterans, according to its website.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of journals
Noun
  • At the top were candidate debates and town halls, followed in close order by social media platforms, then by local news broadcasts and newspapers.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • After being recognized in Los Angeles following his picture hitting newspapers around the country in 1985, a group of Boyle Heights residents chased Ramirez down and beat him, holding him in place until police arrived.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of newspapers

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“Mags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mags. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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