{"id":6556,"date":"2023-08-03T20:36:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=6556"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:27:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:27:19","slug":"who-decides-dictionary-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/who-decides-dictionary-words","title":{"rendered":"Who decides what words are added to the dictionary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Dictionaries are powerful tools. Without them, our vocabulary would be extremely limited. But who gets to decide which words get into the dictionary? 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