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

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

Following a contentious presidential election, is it any surprise the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”?

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

Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at ...

Springfield, Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster picked “polarization” as the word of the year. Merriam-Webster chooses its ...