Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based on data, tracking a ...

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

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Following a contentious presidential election, Merriam-Webster has chosen its word of the year for 2024: “polarization.” The ...

The famous American dictionary publisher on Monday announced that “polarization”—defined as “division into two sharply distinct opposites; especially, a state in which the opinions, beliefs, or ...

A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s ...

The US' oldest dictionary, Merriam-Webster, a direct descendant of the pioneering 1806 dictionary by Noah Webster, has picked ...

Merriam-Webster named "polarization" its 2024 Word of the Year on Monday, citing its prominence in describing the political ...

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

The Merriam-Webster entry for “polarization” reflects scientific and metaphorical definitions. It’s most commonly used to ...

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

“The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the ... In 2003, Merriam-Webster decided to make “democracy” its first word of the year. Since then, the word — which, of course, means a ...