Merriam

American  

[mer-ee-uhm] / ˈmɛr i əm /

noun

1. a town in E Kansas.

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Example Sentences

In 2014, Mr. Fatsis walked for the first time into what resembled a “drab elementary school” in Springfield, Mass. This was the headquarters of Merriam-Webster, which traces its origins to 1831, when the brothers George and Charles Merriam set up shop as printers of textbooks and religious texts, encouraging employees to adopt a “habitual suavity of manners,” which was presumably a challenge in the rough-and-tumble world of Bibles and hymnals.

From The Wall Street Journal

Merriam was reelected with a 49% plurality.

From Los Angeles Times

But he took solace in the fact that Merriam actually implemented some of his proposals, including replacing the sales tax with an income tax.

From Los Angeles Times

However, “it’s actually a good thing that the attorney representing the U.S. was not planning to talk about martial law in front of the 9th Circuit,” Merriam said.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s critically important for the people to understand just how much power Congress has given the president through these statutes,” said Eric Merriam, a professor of legal studies at Central Florida University and an appellate military judge.

From Los Angeles Times