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Joe Biden, in the Goodest Bunker Ever

When I saw the Michael Shear story in The Times on July 4, recounting how President Biden had stumbled talking…

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Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76

A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as…

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Grab Them. Then Stump Them.

What’s a five-letter word for an activity that media and technology companies are increasingly relying on to gain subscribers and…

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The N-Word Would Work Differently for Trump

By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Rumors have long circulated that Donald Trump used the N-word while taping “The Apprentice.” Last…

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Some Words Feel Truer in Spanish

My earliest relationship with language was defined by rules. As an immigrant who came to this country from Peru at…

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Seven Things We Learned Analyzing 515 Million Wordles

Maybe it’s time to say goodbye to ADIEU?

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Who Are You Calling ‘Delulu’?

How a shorthand for delusion became popular among Gen Z-ers and young millennials.

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Progressives Aren’t Liberal

Remember when “liberal” was a dirty word? In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, who often prefaced it with a damning “tax…

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In the Beginning Were the Word Nerds

Sarah Ogilvie’s sprightly “The Dictionary People” pays tribute to the explorers, suffragists, murderers and ordinary citizens who helped create the…

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Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Sept. 23-29

Bad luck came in threes (and a seven) in this week’s toughest tests.

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