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The Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words - with beamer, bummer and tattie scone among 13 new entries.
Texas Senators passed a bill to define “male” and “female” in Texas law during a floor session that extended into the early morning Wednesday.
“It’s the right to remove people”: Noem whiffs when Congress asks her to define habeas corpus The head of DHS argued that the legal principle gives carte blanche to deport migrants ...
Explore 'Short King Spring' and learn how famous men such as Tom Holland and Bruno Mars are challenging height stereotypes in love and success.
BOOK EXCERPT Translated short fiction: A librarian gets trapped inside a dictionary. Will he be able to get out? An excerpt from ‘Malayali Memorial: And Other Stories’, by Unni R. Translated ...
OpenAI and Microsoft define AGI as AI software that can generate $100 billion in profit. Stefano Guidi/Getty OpenAI and Microsoft have a secret definition for “AGI,” an acronym for artificial ...
Exercise snacks are short bouts of vigorous exercise that a person can perform throughout the day. A small set may take a few minutes. Learn more here.
While dining together recently, a friend ordered pasta for her main course and received a plate of small, green, crinkly looking peppers. She beckoned the waitress back to alert her to the mistake ...
Astronomers are proposing a new, more quantitative definition of what makes a planet. The new definition looks more directly at the object's mass — but it would still leave Pluto out of the running.
Edward Short The Dictionary of Dictionaries Even the faddish tendencies of a new history of the OED cannot dim its glories.