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Students in the Ute language class at Kwiyagat Community Academy in Towaoc, practice using their native language to sat “bear” while gathered around a mural of the animal, which is also the school’s mascot. Sept. 18, 2025.
Hart Van Denburg
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CPR News
The only problem: No one is fully fluent.

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20 years ago, there were roughly 200 commercial lexicographers in the United States. Today, there are less than 50. Stefan Fatsis book, “Unabridged,” chronicles his time at Merriam-Webster. Fatsis joins us to talk about how words make it into the dictionary, how they’re defined and how they shape culture.

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