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- Meanings: every sense is checked against established English usage before it appears. Where a word has several senses, the most common comes first.
- Origins: we include a word history only when it is well documented, and say so when an origin is uncertain.
- Examples: example sentences are our own, written to show how the word is really used.
- Drafting: AI writing tools help with first drafts. A person then reviews every page, checks the facts and rewrites anything unclear.
- Balance: for political, social and religious words we explain how different groups use the word, without taking a side.
- Updates: language changes, and so do our pages. We fix reported mistakes quickly.
