7、perhaps it's becauseeven Webster's Dictionary defines a hobby as "a pursuit outside one'sregular occupation" (Merriam-Webster Online).
11、Merriam Webster notes that widower is less common than widow, probably because men are less likely to be identified in terms of their spouse.
15、After Simon Cowell, the acid-tongued host of the television show "American Idol," called one singer "insipid," Merriam-Webster noticed a dramatic spike in the number of lookups for the word.
1、The best usage book in this spirit is Merriam-Webster's "Dictionary of English usage".
5、Merriam Webster's 2014 "Word of the Year" – the most searched term on the dictionary's website – was "culture.
10、While the New Oxford American Dictionary or Merriam Webster says Satan or the Devil, the OED says that Lucifer is a word misused to mean devil.
16、New words and phrases from the fields of science, technology, pop culture and industry are chosen each year by Merriam-Webster' s team of editors after months of poring over books, magazines and even food labels.
3、Merriam-Webster goes further to say that muska is a diminuitive of mus, mouse.
9、This is correct understanding: Oxford and Merriam-Webster dictionaries as well as English synonym Dictionary include 'governance' as a remote synonym to 'management'.
17、【馬薩諸塞州斯普林菲爾德2010年12月20日訊】 出版大名鼎鼎的《韋氏詞典》的美國梅里厄姆——韋伯斯特公司（Merriam-WebsterInc.）於2010年12月20日公佈了2010年度十大詞語。
6、"Surreal" is also defined as meaning "marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream", according to Merriam Webster.
14、The noun, formally defined as a "firm adherence to a code" and "incorruptibility," has always been a popular one on the company's Web site, said Merriam-Webster President John Morse.
8、快速瀏覽Merriam - Webster在線詞典中虛擬化詞根virtual的4個不同定義。
2、Our language evolves in many ways, says John Morse, President and publisher of Merriam-Webster.
18、“MySpace時刻”遲早會像crowdsourcing（眾包）、bromance（兄弟情誼）和cougars（將年輕男子作為獵物的中老年女人）一樣被收入《韋氏大學詞典》（Merriam-Webster’sCollegiateDictionary）。
4、Merriam-Webster's annual Words of the Year dating to 2003, when the publisher started making the selection.
13、"W00t" was among 20 nominees in a list of the most-searched words in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary and most frequently submitted terms from users of its "open dictionary."
12、And I see that Merriam-Webster relates this old Greek word to another old Greek word glochin - or glochis meaning "a projecting point" which I guess fits with sticking out your tongue.
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