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  1. 8 hours ago

    The three senses of 'mare' (related to female horses, flat dark areas of the moon, and evil preternatural beings) all come from separate sources.

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  2. 11 hours ago

    'Hurdle': 👟 to leap over or surmount 'Hurtle': ☄️ to fling or move rapidly

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  3. 12 hours ago

    With every hour, the weekend draws nearer.

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  4. 14 hours ago

    Acrostics Pangrams Palindromes Have your words and play with them too:

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  5. 15 hours ago

    It's fun when an etymology lesson is also a mini history lesson. Right? No? Just us?

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  6. 17 hours ago

    Good morning! Today's is 'undergird'

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  7. Jul 24

    It's been a long day. Try a really tough quiz.

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  8. Jul 24

    The is 'hapless'

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  9. Jul 24

    📈’Exonerate’ and ‘exoneration’ have jumped to the top of our lookups this afternoon.

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  11. Jul 24

    📈Top searches, in order: exculpate, purview, nexus, patriot, loquacious, obstruction of justice

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  12. Jul 24

    📈Searches for 'purview' are up 11,000%

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  13. Jul 24

    📈To be 'exculpated' is to be cleared from alleged fault or guilt.

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  14. Jul 24

    Good morning! Today's is 'hapless'

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  15. Jul 23

    Though they're often used interchangeably, 'prison' is typically used regarding serious crimes with longer sentences, and 'jail' for less serious crimes or detention awaiting trial.

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  16. Jul 23

    How an old proverb made its way to 20th-century pop culture:

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  17. Jul 23

    In early use, 'disaster' (from the Latin 'astro') could refer either to “a sudden calamitous event” or “a baleful aspect of a planet or star.”

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  18. Jul 23

    Despite their similarity, 'lackey' has no etymological connection to 'lack.' It was borrowed from the French 'laquais,' or "footman."

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  19. Jul 23

    If your love of reading is 'deep-seated,' it's firmly established. If it's 'deep-seeded,' there's maybe been a usage error.

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  20. Jul 23

    'Robust' is rooted in the Latin 'robustus,' meaning "made or consisting of oak."

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