As the United States moves closer to its 250th birthday next year, a local company continues defining generations and ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD — Does the word “moist” scare you? Would you buy a product called “moist mayo”? These questions and more come to mind in the wake of a larger-than-life jar of mayonnaise showing up on the ...

In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.” Authentic cuisine. Authentic ...

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 over 5,000 new ...