Some holiday words have more than one meaning, like "trim" the tree. And some meanings have more than one word, like "gift" ...

The measure had little chance of consideration in the Senate, where it would need bipartisan support to move, but it ...

With 'ragebait' the Oxford English Dictionary word of the year, here's a look at what footballing equivalents might have been ...

Deputies closed a section of Southwest Tualatin Valley Highway late Monday night for a deadly crash involving a car and a pedestrian.The crash happened near Sou Christmas Eve windstorm threatens to ...

Are too many filler words detracting from your message when you give presentations or pitch investors or customers? Punctuating your message with words and phrases such as “um,” “uh,” “you know,” ...

Brazil is planning to create a mechanism to use oil revenues to finance the nation’s energy transition, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said, as the country juggles its green ambitions against its ...

As a teacher, I’m constantly impressed by the excitement that students show, even in high school and middle school, about having the chance to create narratives. While a large number of the standards ...

The Department of Energy has told employees to avoid using certain words, including "climate change," "green" and "sustainable," according to an internal email sent to staff and obtained by NPR. The ...

Should Democrats abandon so-called “woke” language? That’s what a memo from the center-left think tank Third Way suggests as a way to appeal to more voters. Titled “Was It Something I Said?”, the memo ...

It’s not uncommon for people to assume the bigger the word, the smarter the person saying it is. Big words have a reputation for being used by only the most intelligent and professional individuals.

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...

Third Way, a prominent center-left think tank, is aiming to shape the way Democrats speak to voters as they try to counter President Trump’s agenda, including avoiding words such as “birthing person,” ...