A common phrase. But the wrong version is more popular than the correct one. So, which do you normally say whenever you mean water sold in bottles that has, according to Cambridge Dictionary, been ...

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The prices of everyday essentials, such as housing and health care, are at the top of Americans’ concerns. And “affordability ...

Casting off her Bratty cigarettes and sunglasses, the pop visionary channels the torments of Heathcliff and Cathy and the tumult of the Velvet Underground on her latest captivating pivot ...

Word of the day: In an era that frequently debates leadership, conviction and accountability, pusillanimous remains a ...

A Jew can believe in a Jewish, democratic state and still doubt whether contemporary Zionism advances both of those commitments, writes a scholar of European Jewish intellectual history.

Word of the Day: Sycophantic captures a timeless human tendency: the inclination to praise power in pursuit of advantage. Rooted in ancient Greek society, the word has travelled across centuries to ...

The word ethereal comes from the ancient word for "heavens." It comes from the Greek word aitherios, which means "of the upper air." This stems from aithēr, the pure, bright substance that ancient ...

Columnist June Casagrande advises readers to ask the internet the right questions when addressing their grammar weaknesses.

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Nancy Braxton grew up outside of Philadelphia as a Quaker. Arthur Siegel grew up Jewish on the West Side of Manhattan. Arthur ...