This year's presidential election between vice president Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald Trump not only increased the search and used of the word polarization but fueled Merriam-Webster ...

Last year, the winning word was “authentic,” while ... country and around the world.” Some of Merriam-Webster’s other contenders for 2024 included “demure” (popularized by TikTok ...

Merriam-Webster announced its 2024 Word of the Year ... and the list definitely has a political theme. The dictionary's word of the year is "polarization," which it defines as "division into ...

As 2024 comes to a close, Merriam-Webster has chosen ... the keys to overcoming 2024’s buzziest word - and making sure it is never again named the word of the year – is participation.

Here is what Merriam-Webster decided: “Today Merriam-Webster announced its 2024 Word of the Year: ‘polarization.’ “Lookup volume of ‘polarization’ on Merriam-Webster.com throughout 2024 reflected the ...

The choices, and the sometimes stark differences between them, provide a glimpse into how different regions’ experienced the ...

Oxford notes that the term increased in usage frequency by 230% between 2023 and 2024. “Polarization” is the choice of ...

The 2024 "Words of the Year" were revealed from top dictionaries like Oxford, Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, and Cambridge. Dictionary.com’s top word was "demure," reflecting a surge in ...

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled ... Is it any surprise then that the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”? “Polarization means division, but it ...