As I was preparing to go onstage for an event recently, the moderator warned my co-panelist and me that the very first prompt would be “Please define the word woke for the audience.” We all sighed and ...

Years ago, my dad gave me a book: Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead But Gutsy Girls Do. While there’s nothing wrong with being assertive, I disagree with the book’s premise that “good” people can’t get ...

If you had to define 2021 with just one word what would it be? Merriam-Webster Editor-at-Large Peter Sokolowski talks about what words were most on people's minds throughout the year. If you had to ...

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra hardware followed the same path as 2024’s Galaxy S24 Ultra and before that the Galaxy S23 Ultra.

The crisis across America’s campuses is causing some controversy over the current definition of antisemitism, as written by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. It’s a definition which ...

Merriam-Webster, the venerable dictionary publisher, announced last week that it would update its definition of the word “racism” in response to a request by a 22-year-old woman from Missouri. But ...

Welcome to the fifth annual Numbers That Define Baseball column, an Athletic tradition like no other. As you’ve probably noticed, I love numbers. But let me tell you what I love about them – and why ...

Dictionary wants to bring her pages to life but then a hungry alligator chasing a donut crashes into a queen who slips on some soap and chaos... 'The Dictionary Story' is a kids' book that defies ...