April 1, and sadly not a joke: Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com get acquired:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ixl-learning-acquires-dictionary-com-121500032.html
April 12: The entire team of lexicographers at Dictionary.com gets laid off.
https://bsky.app/profile/korystamper.bsky.social/post/3kpxgzhx7eo2l
#dictionaries #writing #words
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