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Dictionary.com Adds 600 New Words, Including ‘BIPOC’ and ‘Supposably’

Ashe Schow
Dictionary.com Adds 600 New Words, Including ‘BIPOC’ and ‘Supposably’
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Dictionary.com announced Thursday that it had added 600 new words to its collection, including many words relating to social justice preferences.

The outlet’s article about the new words notes that it added 450 completely new entries along with 94 new definitions to existing entries, many of which have to do with the vocabulary surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

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