Merriam-Webster’s 2024 Word of the Year is polarization. Merriam-Webster chooses its word of the year based on data, and tracked a rise in search and usage of the word. Other words or terms of the ...

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Can an online trivia game mend the nation’s widening political rifts? Two Harvard researchers hope so.

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 ...

Former President Obama denounced political polarization Thursday, while praising the “power of pluralism” during remarks at the 2024 Democracy Forum in Chicago. Obama, who has been back in the ...

Senior Editor and Elections Analyst of Cook Political Report, David Wasserman joins Smerconish to discuss the government ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is one that the dictionary suggests unifies both sides of the aisle. The dictionary publisher said Monday that “polarization” is its 2024 word of the year, defining ...

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the ...