The word “harem” appears numerous times in the Epstein files, revealing the disgraced financier’s unsettling Orientalist ...

A New York Times report suggested that a September US strike against a boat in the Caribbean may have been an act of “perfidy ...

Debate over the song of the summer rages on, but if there were a contest for a word of the summer, one front-runner would surely be the onomatopoeic clanker. In recent weeks, clanker has risen to ...

This word has appeared in 310 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? By The Learning Network This word has appeared in 103 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year.

The death of Pope Francis on Monday means the Roman Catholic Church will soon begin the process of selecting a new pontiff. That ancient and mysterious undertaking known as the "conclave" invariably ...

A swirl of political, societal, technical, and practical currents converged to help a phenomenon—the “cellphone ban"—rise to prominence in 2024, making it Education Week’s word (or phrase) of the year ...

Sharp divides have seemed to define America lately—and Merriam-Webster just made it official. The famous American dictionary publisher on Monday announced that “polarization”—defined as “division into ...

PICKING A WORD of the year is not easy. In the past the American Dialect Society has gone with “tender-age shelters” (2018) and “-ussy” (2022). The Oxford English Dictionary (oed) has caused ...

When you look at the atmosphere over a long period of time, it appears to move like a fluid. And just like a fluid, the atmosphere often moves in waves.

SHORT FORECAST RUSSIAN THE SURGEONS. YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT. SPEAKING OF TEAMS OF LESS, YOU'RE LIVING UNDER A ROCK. YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE WHOLE. >> 6, 7, TRASH OR WELL. IT'S SWEEPING THE WORLD. THE ...