Sharp divides have seemed to define America lately—and Merriam-Webster just made it official. The famous American dictionary ...

Polarization, brain rot and brat -- the 2024 words of the year encapsulate the myriad ways digital life is influencing ...

In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” ...

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

A new research fellowship is expanding access to the John Carter Brown Library’s collection of materials on early American ...

British English and American English are two widely spoken languages, with several variations in vocabulary, grammar, spellings, and pronunciation. While both versions are understandable ...

A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board ...

A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board ...

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

Depending on who you ask, the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country or were cause for ...

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The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that ...