Quiz: Do You Know the Words That Were Popular in 2024? - The New York Times

kept by eddie dec 27, 25

The New York Times presents a quiz testing readers' knowledge of words that newly entered or re-entered popular usage in 2024.

Why Is Everyone Saying the Word Tranche? - The New York Times
The sudden ubiquity of the word 'tranche' stems from its use in reporting on a released batch of documents, reviving a 16th-century financial term.
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Japanese web design remains information-dense and maximalist due to technical, linguistic, and cultural factors rather than mere lag behind Western minimalism.
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