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Word of the Day: facade
New York Times· 13 hours agoThis summer, he will appear in “Cuckoo,” a sci-fi horror mash-up set in the Alps, in which he plays a German scientist whose welcoming facade hides a fascination with a bizarre endangered species ...
Skibidi, gyatt and Ohio: Learn the meaning, origin behind Gen Alpha's slang
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoUse in a sentence: "Oh, you've got some Andy's frozen custard? Let me grab a spoonful and we'll...
1984 in 2024: Orwell Was Right | RealClearPolitics
RealClearPolitics· 4 days agoAmericans still read George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four," 75 years after it was first published on June 8, 1949. Its protagonist is Winston Smith, a...
Storytime: Finding just the right words
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoI know I’m not for everyone. I am not a wordsmith who’s known for a vocabulary that requires a dictionary to pull in readers. When I write, I tend to...
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TheStreet.com· 12 hours agoOpen Webster's Dictionary under the word 'patient' and the Bank of Japan is still listed there. Just as we thought overnight there would be an...
Michael W. Kibby, 81, UB professor emeritus, international authority on reading
The Buffalo News· 2 days agoMay 16, 2024Michael W. Kibby knew what it took to get children to read. An internationally...
After my dad died, I quit my job and took a cross-country road trip to recapture our past
Today· 3 hours agoOne summer after my parents’ divorce, when I was around 8, my dad rented an Airstream near Bryson...
Seltzer Vs Sparkling Water: What's The Difference Between Them?
Daily Meal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt's easy to think that all carbonated water is the same, but seltzer and sparkling water have a few...
How the recycling symbol lost its meaning
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoThis story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s...
Trump’s shark tale: We have to come up with a new word for “unhinged”
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBut the speech in Las Vegas, delivered to a crowd estimated at about 7,000 on a day when...
