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  1. Word of the Day: Gumption | Merriam-Webster

    Aug 4, 2023 · He makes catty comments about Ted at a press conference and fails to shake Ted’s hand after West Ham beats AFC Richmond. But in episode four, the same one that depicts that match, …

  2. Word of the Day: Dubious | Merriam-Webster

    Oct 20, 2023 · However, many TikTok commenters were dubious of these listings and their sales.” — Cassie Morris, InTheKnow.com, 8 Sept. 2023

  3. Word of the Day: Cockamamie | Merriam-Webster

    November 07, 2023 | ridiculous or incredible By the look and sound of it, cockamamie (also spelled 'cockamamy') could have something to do with a rooster and the outrageous sound it makes.

  4. Word of the Day: Embargo | Merriam-Webster

    September 01, 2023 | a government order that limits trade in some way English speakers got embargo—both the word and the concept, it seems—from the Spanish in the early 17th century.

  5. Word of the Day: Threshold | Merriam-Webster

    Oct 23, 2023 · Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 23, 2023 is: Embed this player on your website using the snippet below

  6. Word of the Day: Zenith | Merriam-Webster

    Sep 18, 2023 · Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 18, 2023 is: Embed this player on your website using the snippet below

  7. Word of the Day: Parse | Merriam-Webster

    Nov 3, 2023 · Once some bots could handle that, captcha added other detection methods that included parsing images of motorbikes and trains, as well as sensing mouse movement and other user …

  8. Word of the Day: Auspicious | Merriam-Webster

    April 09, 2023 | showing or suggesting that future success is likely Some word knowledge to crow about in your next tweetstorm: auspicious comes from Latin auspex, which literally means “bird seer” (

  9. Word of the Day: Gravitate | Merriam-Webster

    November 13, 2023 | to move or be attracted toward something The force is strong in the family of words descended from the Latin adjective gravis, meaning “heavy”: gravitation has it, graviton has it,

  10. Word of the Day: Grok | Merriam-Webster

    September 26, 2023 | to understand something profoundly and intuitively Grok may be the only English word that derives from Martian. Yes, we do mean the language of the planet Mars.