journal entry

Logged personal thought

A journal entry is a record of a single transaction in accounting, showing debits and credits to specific accounts.

More broadly, it's a piece of writing in a personal journal or diary—one day's or one occasion's worth of reflection: Her journal entry from that morning described the dream in detail.

In blogging, posts are sometimes called journal entries.

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Written personal recollection

autobiography · complete works · collected writings · life story · magnum opus

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Official statement for media

open letter · broadcast · public announcement · newspaper column · public record

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Publication evaluated by experts

official document · legal brief

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