Merriam

American  

[mer-ee-uhm] / ˈmɛr i əm /

noun

1. a town in E Kansas.

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Example Sentences

While public sentiment isn’t as easily measurable as capital expenditures, the fact that Merriam Webster crowned “slop” the word of the year for 2025 suggests that AI has fallen on the wrong side of the zeitgeist.

From MarketWatch

After Webster died, in 1843, the rights to his work were purchased by the entrepreneurial Merriam brothers, George and Charles, who expanded on the dictionary’s definitions, smoothed away its idiosyncrasies and fashioned it into a popular reference guide.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2014, Mr. Fatsis walked for the first time into what resembled a “drab elementary school” in Springfield, Mass. This was the headquarters of Merriam-Webster, which traces its origins to 1831, when the brothers George and Charles Merriam set up shop as printers of textbooks and religious texts, encouraging employees to adopt a “habitual suavity of manners,” which was presumably a challenge in the rough-and-tumble world of Bibles and hymnals.

From The Wall Street Journal

Merriam was reelected with a 49% plurality.

From Los Angeles Times

But he took solace in the fact that Merriam actually implemented some of his proposals, including replacing the sales tax with an income tax.

From Los Angeles Times