2018 Was A Tense Year. The Biggest Search Trends on Dictionary.com Show Just How Tense It Was

Online dictionaries are a looking glass, with lookups reflecting whatever people are trying to wrap their brains around at any given moment. When news breaks, people don't just go to their Google search bars for more information, they also seek context at places like Dictionary.com. And on Tuesday, the company released a roundup of "biggest search trends" for 2018.

If their data is any indication, it was a tense year.

Online dictionaries are a looking glass, with lookups reflecting whatever people are trying to wrap their brains around at any given moment. When news breaks, people don't just go to their Google search bars for more information, they also seek context at places like Dictionary.com. And on Tuesday, the company released a roundup of "biggest search trends" for 2018. If their data is any indication, it was a tense year.