A viral moment from Travis Kelce's New Heights chat with Taylor Swift caught the eye of the dictionary company.

“During the arrests, at least one suspect tried to destroy critical evidence by discarding it in a nearby retention pond,” the Merriam Police Department said Wednesday. In the morning, Overland Park ...

Four people were taken into custody early Wednesday after police from multiple Johnson County agencies responded to a reported burglary attempt in Merriam.Merriam police said officers on the midnight ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary has cheekily defined words forPress Secretary Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway, but following President Trump's tweet about "covfefe" the online dictionary found ...

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023 is one that saw an increase in searches this year – in a world where it's sometimes hard to tell what is fake and what is real online. The word they ...

In a year where AI, celebrity culture, identity and social media became a center of conversation, it's only fitting that Merriam-Webster's word of the year is " authentic." In a news release, the ...

But Merriam-Webster editor Peter Sokolowski says using prepositions this way is part and parcel of using the English language. "It's organic and it's natural," Sokolowski told As It Happens host ...

Merriam-Webster is revising its definition of racism after a Missouri woman's emails claimed it fell short of including the systemic oppression of certain groups of people. Kennedy Mitchum, who ...

As the all-important question of truth and facts continues to dominate current affairs, it may come as no surprise to learn that Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is “authentic.” ...

Merriam-Webster has a message for the Trump administration: There is no such thing as an "alternative fact." There are facts, and then there are falsehoods.

Merriam-Webster is a U.S. publishing company that focuses on reference books and dictionaries. It is itself owned by Encyclopaedia Britannica, which acquired it in 1964.