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January 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Uncertainty doesn't go far enough to describe the current digital landscape. Revenue models have had a series of disruptions, algorithmic updates and AI features have destabilized search strategies, and social continues to be an enigma.
Either the Olympics or the Olympic Games is correct. Always capitalized. There are Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, or Summer Games and Winter Games.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Either the Olympics or the Olympic Games is correct. Always capitalized. There are Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, or Summer Games and Winter Games.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was born Jan. 15, 1929. The holiday is on the third Monday in January.
AP style abbreviates Jr. and Sr. and does not precede them by a comma. Martin Luther King Jr. does not take a comma before Jr.
AP style abbreviates Jr. and Sr. and does not precede them by a comma. Martin Luther King Jr. does not take a comma before Jr.
January 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was born Jan. 15, 1929. The holiday is on the third Monday in January.
AP style abbreviates Jr. and Sr. and does not precede them by a comma. Martin Luther King Jr. does not take a comma before Jr.
AP style abbreviates Jr. and Sr. and does not precede them by a comma. Martin Luther King Jr. does not take a comma before Jr.
A government is an established system of political administration: the U.S. government.
A regime is a form of political system, generally an oppressive or undemocratic one: an authoritarian regime, a communist regime.
A regime is a form of political system, generally an oppressive or undemocratic one: an authoritarian regime, a communist regime.
January 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
A government is an established system of political administration: the U.S. government.
A regime is a form of political system, generally an oppressive or undemocratic one: an authoritarian regime, a communist regime.
A regime is a form of political system, generally an oppressive or undemocratic one: an authoritarian regime, a communist regime.
Once you use AP Stylebook Online, you'll wonder why you waited so long.
It's searchable and customizable, making it easier to use than flipping through pages marked with notes in the margins. We update it throughout the year as our editors add or change AP style guidance.
It's searchable and customizable, making it easier to use than flipping through pages marked with notes in the margins. We update it throughout the year as our editors add or change AP style guidance.
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Once you use AP Stylebook Online, you'll wonder why you waited so long.
It's searchable and customizable, making it easier to use than flipping through pages marked with notes in the margins. We update it throughout the year as our editors add or change AP style guidance.
It's searchable and customizable, making it easier to use than flipping through pages marked with notes in the margins. We update it throughout the year as our editors add or change AP style guidance.
Earthquake magnitudes are measures of earthquake size calculated from ground motion recorded by seismometers. The Richter scale, named for Charles F. Richter, is no longer widely used.
Magnitudes are usually reported simply as magnitude 6.7 (or 6.7 magnitude), for example.
Magnitudes are usually reported simply as magnitude 6.7 (or 6.7 magnitude), for example.
Earthquake with 6.5 magnitude rattles southern and central Mexico killing 2
A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Earthquake magnitudes are measures of earthquake size calculated from ground motion recorded by seismometers. The Richter scale, named for Charles F. Richter, is no longer widely used.
Magnitudes are usually reported simply as magnitude 6.7 (or 6.7 magnitude), for example.
Magnitudes are usually reported simply as magnitude 6.7 (or 6.7 magnitude), for example.
Located in Atlanta, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. On first reference, use Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Precede with national, federal or U.S. if needed for clarity.
Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here's what to know
Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that after a slow start to flu season in early December,…
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January 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Located in Atlanta, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. On first reference, use Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Precede with national, federal or U.S. if needed for clarity.
South America includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and in a purely continental sense, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname. The latter three, however, regard themselves as part of the Caribbean.
January 8, 2026 at 9:44 PM
South America includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and in a purely continental sense, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname. The latter three, however, regard themselves as part of the Caribbean.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Many of our users have deep affection for their first AP Stylebook. They reminisce about learning AP style as part of becoming a professional.
The term electric vehicles describes vehicles that are powered by a battery linked to an electric motor.
Other vehicles can run on electricity but also have internal combustion engines.
Other vehicles can run on electricity but also have internal combustion engines.
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The term electric vehicles describes vehicles that are powered by a battery linked to an electric motor.
Other vehicles can run on electricity but also have internal combustion engines.
Other vehicles can run on electricity but also have internal combustion engines.
The Stylebook's drugs entry advises that the slang term coke should appear only in quotations about cocaine. Crack is a refined cocaine in crystalline rock form; mention it separately from cocaine only if pertinent.
How cocaine and corruption led to the indictment of Maduro
A newly unsealed U.S. Justice Department indictment accuses captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of running a “corrupt, illegitimate government” fueled by a drug-trafficking operation that…
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January 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The Stylebook's drugs entry advises that the slang term coke should appear only in quotations about cocaine. Crack is a refined cocaine in crystalline rock form; mention it separately from cocaine only if pertinent.
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Takeover is one word as both a noun and an adjective. When used as a verb, take over is two words.
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After Maduro, who's next? Trump spurs speculation about his plans for Greenland, Cuba and Colombia
A day after the ouster of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump is renewing his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland and is threatening Colombia with…
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January 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Takeover is one word as both a noun and an adjective. When used as a verb, take over is two words.
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It's always the right size, and you can even use AP style to guide the thank you note you send to your grandma.
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It's always the right size, and you can even use AP style to guide the thank you note you send to your grandma.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
If you're returning a holiday gift that wasn't quite right for you, how about you put that refund toward an AP Stylebook Online subscription?
It's always the right size, and you can even use AP style to guide the thank you note you send to your grandma.
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It's always the right size, and you can even use AP style to guide the thank you note you send to your grandma.
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Use figures and hyphens for ratios, such as the ratio was 2-to-1, a ratio of 2-to-1, a 2-1 ratio, 1 in 4 voters. As illustrated, the word "to" should be omitted when the numbers precede the word ratio.
This holiday season isn't very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds this holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares of them are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is…
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January 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Use figures and hyphens for ratios, such as the ratio was 2-to-1, a ratio of 2-to-1, a 2-1 ratio, 1 in 4 voters. As illustrated, the word "to" should be omitted when the numbers precede the word ratio.
AP style now uses accent marks or other diacritical marks with names of people who request them or are widely known to use them, such as Timothée Chalamet or Beyoncé,
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Movie Review: An electric Timothée Chalamet is the consummate striver in propulsive ‘Marty Supreme’
A pitch-perfect Timothée Chalamet finds his greatest role to date in “Marty Supreme,” a breakneck ride from director Josh Safdie. Marty's a brash dreamer.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
AP style now uses accent marks or other diacritical marks with names of people who request them or are widely known to use them, such as Timothée Chalamet or Beyoncé,
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While your kids are off school, you can try asking them what "6-7" means.
We don't know either, but Stylebook editor Anna Jo Bratton did decide we should style it with digits, rather than spell out six and seven as is typical AP style. Also, put it in quotes.
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We don't know either, but Stylebook editor Anna Jo Bratton did decide we should style it with digits, rather than spell out six and seven as is typical AP style. Also, put it in quotes.
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Dictionary.com’s word of the year is '6-7.' But is it even a word and what does it mean?
Parents and teachers cover your ears. Dictionary.com says its word of the year is “6-7.” The viral term is one kids and teenagers can’t stop repeating and laughing about.
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December 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
While your kids are off school, you can try asking them what "6-7" means.
We don't know either, but Stylebook editor Anna Jo Bratton did decide we should style it with digits, rather than spell out six and seven as is typical AP style. Also, put it in quotes.
apnews.com/article/6-7-...
We don't know either, but Stylebook editor Anna Jo Bratton did decide we should style it with digits, rather than spell out six and seven as is typical AP style. Also, put it in quotes.
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If your meeting schedule and email volume are lighter than usual this week, how about you sign up for AP Stylebook Online? It's the perfect time to add your team's custom style guide so everyone can search the most current guidance.
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AP Stylebook Online is a searchable, customizable guide for writers and editors that is updated throughout the year. Your subscription includes the popular Ask the Editor feature, where you can ask…
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December 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If your meeting schedule and email volume are lighter than usual this week, how about you sign up for AP Stylebook Online? It's the perfect time to add your team's custom style guide so everyone can search the most current guidance.
AP style does not use a space or hyphen in the terms fundraise, fundraiser or fundraising.
We have more detailed guidance in our philanthropy entry, including the difference between nonprofit and not-for-profit designations.
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We have more detailed guidance in our philanthropy entry, including the difference between nonprofit and not-for-profit designations.
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Most US adults aren't making year-end charitable contributions, new AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s...
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December 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
AP style does not use a space or hyphen in the terms fundraise, fundraiser or fundraising.
We have more detailed guidance in our philanthropy entry, including the difference between nonprofit and not-for-profit designations.
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We have more detailed guidance in our philanthropy entry, including the difference between nonprofit and not-for-profit designations.
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We know plenty of people are still working this week. The AP newsroom doesn't shut down, either.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We know plenty of people are still working this week. The AP newsroom doesn't shut down, either.
Boxing Day is the post-Christmas holiday on Dec. 26 in British Commonwealth countries.
The term came from the practice of giving gift boxes to employees and others.
The term came from the practice of giving gift boxes to employees and others.
December 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Boxing Day is the post-Christmas holiday on Dec. 26 in British Commonwealth countries.
The term came from the practice of giving gift boxes to employees and others.
The term came from the practice of giving gift boxes to employees and others.
AP style generally puts the titles of books, movies, plays, poems, albums, songs, operas, radio and television programs, lectures, speeches, and works of art in quotation marks.
Exceptions are the Bible, the Quran and other holy books, and books that are primarily catalogs of reference material.
Exceptions are the Bible, the Quran and other holy books, and books that are primarily catalogs of reference material.
December 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
AP style generally puts the titles of books, movies, plays, poems, albums, songs, operas, radio and television programs, lectures, speeches, and works of art in quotation marks.
Exceptions are the Bible, the Quran and other holy books, and books that are primarily catalogs of reference material.
Exceptions are the Bible, the Quran and other holy books, and books that are primarily catalogs of reference material.
Christmas has a language all its own. It's a time of year when carols are full of old words like hark, yon, deck and don.
December 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Christmas has a language all its own. It's a time of year when carols are full of old words like hark, yon, deck and don.
When you're writing your out-of-office message, AP Stylebook Online's Ask the Editor says to hyphenate out-of-office as a compound modifier.
December 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
When you're writing your out-of-office message, AP Stylebook Online's Ask the Editor says to hyphenate out-of-office as a compound modifier.
Use figures with million, billion or trillion in all except casual uses, such as I'd like to win a billion dollars. But: The nation has 1 million citizens. I need $7 billion. The government ran a deficit of more than $1 trillion.
Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.6 billion, among largest lottery prizes ever in U.S.
The Powerball jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.6 billion, making it one of the largest lottery prizes in U.S. history.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Use figures with million, billion or trillion in all except casual uses, such as I'd like to win a billion dollars. But: The nation has 1 million citizens. I need $7 billion. The government ran a deficit of more than $1 trillion.