The American Psychiatric Association has announced big upcoming changes to psychiatry’s big book of mental disorders, the DSM ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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Imagine me as a little girl in elementary school with braids, bitten fingernails, and eyeglasses in the late 1970s. In fourth or fifth grade, I sat on the Martin Luther Christian School stage with ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced in September it has taken the rare step of fully revising and ...

The dictionary definition of the word “ate” is a verb that could either mean the past tense of “eat” or what Merriam-Webster just pulled in a new ad. The reference book publishing company, which is ...

Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster took the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds more than 5,000 new words, including ...

New York: Merriam-Webster announced on Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, ...