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Merriam-Webster's dictionaries are displayed for sale at a Barnes & Noble store on January 11, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Merriam-Webster sums up 2024

Kelly McClure
Sliced Italian cheese burrata with vintage fork, fresh corn salad and olive oil (The Picture Pantry/Getty Images)

Merriam-Webster adds new food terms

Joy Saha
Looking up a word in the dictionary (Getty Images/JGI/Jamie Grill)

Merriam-Webster defines "chef's kiss"

Michael La Corte
They as singular (Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

"They" was voted as "Word of the Decade"

Reed Blaylock - The Conversation
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They as singular (Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

"They" is Merriam-Webster's Word of 2019

Matthew Rozsa
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The dictionary gets embiggened

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Surreal is the word of 2016

Erin Coulehan
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One nation, "weaponized"

Erin Keane
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Dana Coleman
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