The authors participated in a a group called Tennessee 11 who held different, strong beliefs on gun violence and talked ...

Merriam-Webster chooses each word of the year based on lookup data—how often a word was searched in its online dictionary.

Merriam-Webster announced its 2024 Word of the Year. Ironically, it is something on which many would agree. The dictionary and ... with "Fortnite," the popular online video game released in ...

With less than a month left until January, Merriam-Webster has chosen its 2024 Word ... of consuming too much material, specifically online content.

Demure came close but was beaten out by a descriptor of one of the most tense election years in recent history ...

Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster editor at large, shared how the organization ended up choosing that specific word to represent the entire year. “The online dictionary tells us which words are ...

Merriam-Webster’s list continues a tradition of reflecting cultural trends, with past picks including “authentic” in 2023, ...

Forbes, meanwhile, warned that in workplaces, “cultural polarization is becoming a pressing challenge,” Merriam-Webster wrote ...

“The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the truth about words,” the Merriam-Webster editor continued. “We’ve had dictionaries of English for 420 years and it’s only been in the last 20 years or so ...

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause ...