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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order
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For many decades, dictionaries were bestsellers and seen as the authority on the English language.
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
But his dictionary, with its conclusiveness, was a huge publishing success.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Michelin watchers with a passing knowledge of French were no doubt driven to consult their favorite dictionary or translation app when Arbane, the brainchild of renowned chef Philippe Mille in Reims, France, received its first star from the guide.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
But his dictionary, with its conclusiveness, was a huge publishing success.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Michelin watchers with a passing knowledge of French were no doubt driven to consult their favorite dictionary or translation app when Arbane, the brainchild of renowned chef Philippe Mille in Reims, France, received its first star from the guide.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
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This is a generational response to a workplace environment and sociopolitical climate where chronic stress has become baseline and where terms like quiet cracking—persistent disengagement without resignation—have entered the HR lexicon.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Today’s crunchy universe has its own lexicon, myriad complicated theories and counter-theories, and a legion of skeptics and soothsayers, many with scientific or pseudoscientific backgrounds.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Dictionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictionary. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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