This week around 7500 issues came in…
There wasn't much depth in any major topic this week. Almost all emerging terms and increase-in-usage terms were people or places; "contempt" was the lone term that wasn't a proper noun!
(Click on any of the terms to learn more about them and read newsletter issues they're in)
Newly Emerging Terms
- Blinken ... as in Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who's in the news for various reasons given his role in international politics (Russia, Middle East, etc); this week he also had a forceful debate with Senator Rand Paul about the Russian-Ukrainian war
- contempt... A NY judge ruled Trump in contempt of court, fining him $10k per day until he responds properly to a previous subpoena...and as expected his lawyer is appealing the ruling
- Bulgaria... Russia's Gazprom halted gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria
- Bezos... as in Jeff Bezos, in many contexts -- but most notably this week is that he's often being discussed in relation to the wealth of Elon Musk who just bought Twitter as well as in relation to wealthy people's control of media (Bezos purchased the Washington Post in 2013)
- Fauci... as in Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Officer to the President, who stated this week that the US is moving more into the endemic phase of Covid
Biggest Increase in Usage from Previous Week
- Antony (>250%)... as in Antony Blinken, see above
- Miguel (>200%)... as in Education Secretary Miguel Cardona who has been discussing the possibility of "some" student loan debt forgiveness
- Poland (~150%)... many uses, but mainly driven for the same reason as Bulgaria with Russia cutting off gas deliveries
- Harvard (~150%)... lots of mentions: some related to Harvard Business Review quotes and research, some to other Harvard studies, and a fair number relating to the $100M that Harvard recently committed to research and redress its "extensive entanglements with slavery"
Most Used Terms
Note that these "Most Used" terms tend to be used very broadly, in lots of contexts... vs. the other "Emerging" and "Biggest Usage Increase" terms which are, as you can tell, quite narrow and likely more meaningful/interesting.
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