NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds ...

Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, including ...

Some of the 21st century's newest English words, including "rizz," "dad bod," and "photobomb," have been added to the latest edition of a well-known dictionary. Merriam-Webster, a leading American ...

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said he would drop a Holocaust remembrance group’s definition of “antisemitism” if he becomes mayor — a turnaround in police that has some Jewish rights ...

Not long after my arrival, though, everything changed. Pageviews were declining for Merriam-Webster.com, the company’s free, ad-driven revenue engine: Tweaks to Google’s algorithms had punished ...

NZ First’s Winston Peter held his party conference at the weekend. His guest speaker was former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister Stuart Nash. Warwick Smith / Manawatu Standard Former Labour ...

A preexisting condition usually refers to a health issue you had before the date new health coverage starts. People may also use it to refer to health conditions you had before a new one began. Since ...

Adam Palasciano is a writer over three years of experience writing about personal finance, investing, student loans, and more, for outlets like GOBankingRates, FinanceBuzz, The Penny Hoarder, and Wall ...

The time I used to spend on Twitter I now spend on Substack, and my life is much better for it. There are a lot of interesting, eclectic writers in the world. This week, for example, I stumbled across ...

A fiscal year is the 12 months that a company designates as a year for financial and tax reporting purposes. This year can differ from the traditional calendar year, and it varies for each corporation ...

English is evolving faster than ever — and the Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 update proves it. This year, a record 6,212 new words and meanings have been added, reflecting the huge influence of social ...

The country’s roughly 600 Hispanic-serving institutions are in peril of losing hundreds of millions of dollars annually from the federal government, after the Department of Justice said it won’t ...