The Merriam-Webster dictionary added 455 new words to its collection in October 2021. These included words that emerged from online communication, which has only increased amidst the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Since its humble beginnings in 1935, when founder Harold Webster Smith raised $25,000 from friends and family to help build and buy homes during the Great Depression, Webster Bank has stayed true to ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is one that the dictionary suggests unifies both sides of the aisle. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

In 2003, Merriam-Webster kicked off the annual tradition of choosing a "word of the year," based on search volume on the dictionary publisher's website, which serves as an on-the-nose superlative of ...

Merriam-Webster's dictionary is adding a new entry to the definition of the pronoun “they”: a way to refer to a nonbinary individual, one who identifies as neither exclusively male nor female.

The trial of John Webster was best known in 1850 for its Boston Brahmin ties and its gruesome nature. By means of his charge to the jury, however, Judge Lemuel Shaw ensured that the trial would hold a ...

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