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Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, The Price Is Right
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoTAKE CHARGE (59A: Seize control of a situation) The word on the RIGHT side of each theme answer is a...
A Word, Please: ‘Like’ can mean ‘such as,’ but why use either?
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoIt was January 2022, and I was frustrated by a trend I was seeing — that I kept seeing — in articles I edited: writers obsessively using “such as” when they could have opted for the shorter, ...
Council Post: Beyond Hearing: Master Effective Listening For Managerial Excellence
Forbes· 6 days agoResearch has shown a strong link between listening skills and leadership qualities, indicating that...
Port Huron father-son duo create word game app
The Voice· 6 days agoOver the past year and a half, Port Huron father and son duo Avery and Rhys Kovatch have been working on the creation of a word game application called ...
Dancer’s Haul
New York Times· 14 hours agoElla Dershowitz calls us by (some of) our names — or does she? Note to readers: In the past, Wordplay indicated crossword clues with quotation marks....
A Raven is featured in the Kendrick Lamar-Drake feud — but not the one you think
The Baltimore Banner· 2 hours agoWhen Pulitzer Prize winning rapper Kendrick Lamar responded to “Push Ups” by Drake, the most...
In Defense of Calling Everything an Aesthetic
The Cut· 5 hours agoOn January 9, 2023, Reddit moderator TheRealMisterMan made an announcement: “This subreddit was originally, and ostensibly still is, a philosophy subreddit concerning the branch known as ‘aesthetics ...
Economy Is Cooling, Today’s Data Show. But the Fed Will Need More Confirmation.
Barrons.com· 7 days agoMore economic data like those of the past two weeks—slowing but still above-target inflation, paired...
Geeking Out Over a Word’s History
New York Times· 5 days agoA headline on a 2021 New York Times article made a bold claim: President Biden was a geek. The noun “geek” dates to the late 19th century, when it was an American slang word
Poetry from Daily Life: Hearing dad's drumming on the steering wheel in a poem's beat
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThis article originally appeared on Springfield News-Leader: Poetry from Daily Life: Hearing dad's drumming in a poem's rhythm
