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title: What it’s like to define colors for Merriam-Webster
url: https://longreads.com/2026/03/19/color-dictionary-definitions-kory-stamper
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date: 2026-04-07
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📕 **[What it’s like to define colors for Merriam-Webster.](https://longreads.com/2026/03/19/color-dictionary-definitions-kory-stamper)** Tumble with Kory Stamper through exposition that’s both meaningless and highly evocative.

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