The new Collegiate also introduces curated word lists (e.g., "Words From the 1990s" and "Words for Things That Often Go Unnamed"), expanded usage guidance, and fascinating word histories (e.g., calculate comes from the Latin for "pebble," because Romans used little stones for addition and subtraction).

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