The famous American dictionary publisher on Monday announced that “polarization”—defined as “division into two sharply ...

Is it any surprise then that the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”? “Polarization means division, but it’s a ...

Is it any surprise then that the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”? “Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski ...

Northeast Johnson County Consolidated Fire District #2, Overland Park, Shawnee firefighters needed more than an hour to bring ...

They both happened on the same day. First I read that Merriam-Webster selected "polarization" as the 2024 Word of the Year.

In a year defined by sharp political and cultural divisions, it comes as no surprise that Merriam-Webster has named "polarization" as its 2024 Word of the Year.

With less than a month left until January, Merriam-Webster has chosen its 2024 Word of the Year, one that has often defined the political landscape of the United States and its candidates.

The authors participated in a a group called Tennessee 11 who held different, strong beliefs on gun violence and talked through their differences.

A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year. That word is “polarization.” ...