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Every day, strategic plans collapse over a single phrase. Funders and grantees misinterpret each other’s intent.

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The last word: why half of the world's languages could vanish this century There are around 7,000 languages spoken in the world, but that number is shrinking.

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While our analysis excluded words that are especially likely to appear in example sentences (such as “woman” and “father”), such words could have still influenced our results to some extent.

Armando Herman, known for uttering racist, misogynist and anti-gay language at council meetings, displays a hand-drawn swastika at City Hall in 2023.

The White House does not have a list of banned words that are restricted from use in official documents and instead gives discretion of word use to individual agencies.