Merriam-Webster announced Monday that its word of the year for 2023 is “authentic ... “Dystopian” also saw an increase in searches on Earth Day in April, amid record-high temperatures.

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Merriam-Webster has picked its word of the year. "Authentic" is the top word of 2023, according to America's oldest dictionary. Merriam-Webster said it saw a "substantial increase" in online ...

The 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year went to an obvious ... showing an increase of 115,806% over lookups on that day in 2019,“ said the company, founded in 1831.