A swirl of political, societal, technical, and practical currents converged to help a phenomenon—the “cellphone ban"—rise to prominence in 2024, making it Education Week’s word (or phrase) of the year ...

Last month, on Nov. 14, Oxford University Press narrowed a list down to six words and the world had the opportunity to vote for its favorite. Language experts from the publishing house of the ...

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.” Defined as a “division ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. A very mindful Dictionary.com named its 2024 word of the year ...