Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merriam-Webster has updated its dictionary with an additional definition of “they” reflecting the word’s increased usage as a ...

Included in a list of over 500 words and new meanings just added to the Merriam Webster dictionary is a new definition for the word "they" — specifically, as a singular pronoun used by people whose ...

In its batch of updated words for September, 2019, the world-famous Merriam-Webster dictionary added more than 530 new words, as well as a new use case for the word they, which can now also be used as ...

As of Sept. 17, 2019, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "they" as, "Used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is non-binary." Allow me to proudly reiterate: The dictionary now ...

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