Here are a few of the words being tracked by the editors of The American Heritage Dictionary, published by Houghton Mifflin. A new word that exhibits sustained use may eventually make its way into the dictionary. The information below represents the first stage of research, not the final product.
Scientists are studying ancient teeth for clues about the ocean’s past.
How can the U.S. promote social change without opening the gates to anti-American forces?
An excerpt from Jon Mooallem's new book, Wild Ones
Rodrigo Medellín is passionate about bats. He would like you to be, too.
What I learned from a steer named Chico