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Hard pass, cold brew, dad bod added to Merriam-Webster 'Collegiate' dictionary
Manila Bulletin
|September 26, 2025
Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, including “petrichor,” “teraflop,” “dumbphone” and “ghost kitchen.”
The 12th edition of “Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary” comes 22 years after thebook's last hard-copyupdate and amid declining U.S. sales for analog dictionaries overall, according to Circana BookScan. It will be released Nov. 18, with preorders now available.
Petrichor, by the way, is a pleasant odor after a rainfall following a warm, dry period. Teraflop is a unit of measure for calculating the speed of a computer. Dumbphones are just that, mobile devices we used before the smartphone revolution. And ghost kitchens, which came into their own during the pandemic, are commercial spaces for hire.
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Flood scandal spurs political risk
Protests against massive corruption in the rollout of billions of pesos in “ghost” or substandard flood control projects in recent years are expected to snowball and heighten political risks in the Philippines, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
1 mins
September 26, 2025
Manila Bulletin
PH government debt climbs, private borrowings slide
‘ile government debt continues to pile up, private businesses and individuals in the Philippines hold back on borrowings amid conditions not too conducive to debt accumulation.
1 mins
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Manila Bulletin
DPWH drags infra spending in July
Due to slower spending by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), infrastructure and other capital outlays dropped by 25.3 percent to P93.3 billion in July from P124.9 billion in the same month last year.
3 mins
September 26, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Observations of Netherlands, another state sought in Duterte's release bid
The pretrial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) asked the Netherlands and another state—its identity redacted from the document—to submit its observations regarding the possibility of hosting former president Rodrigo Duterte under his interim release application.
2 mins
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Manila Bulletin
More big fish named
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11 mins
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Manila Bulletin
Foreign biz seeks more reforms
Members of the Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines (JFC) have presented a fresh list of reforms to the government, aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the Philippines, which has lagged behind its peers in Southeast Asia.
2 mins
September 26, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Fil-Am Jessica Sanchez wins America's Got Talent Season 20
Filipino-American singer Jessica Sanchez, who is nine months pregnant, won season 20 of the NBC reality competition series \"America's Got Talent\" on Wednesday night (US time).
1 mins
September 26, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Tax exemption loss slashes time deposits
Long-term time deposits in the Philippine banking industry plummeted 95 percent in recent months, as Filipino depositors may have withdrawn or opted not to renew their placements following the removal of a key tax exemption.
2 mins
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Manila Bulletin
'Opong' threatens; Marcos orders full gov't mobilization
President Marcos has ordered a full government mobilization ahead of the expected landfall of potential Severe Tropical Storm Opong this weekend.
3 mins
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Manila Bulletin
SEC green equity guidelines out
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched its green equity guidelines, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, as it continues to advance sustainable finance in the region.
1 mins
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