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Israel is preparing for a cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas within 10 days after the militant group agreed to parts of the U.S. peace plan. ... Read full Story
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Typhoon Matmo struck northern Philippines, three days after 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit central part of the Asian nation and weeks after two other cyclones. ... Read full Story
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The new Archbishop of Canterbury designate is Dame Sarah Mullally, the first woman in the position. She is the bishop of London, a post she's had since 2018. ... Read full Story
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday called for North Korea to allow families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War to hold reunions or exchange letters. ... Read full Story
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British police on Friday identified the two victims killed a day prior in an attack targeting a north Manchester synagogue during Yom Kippur service as men from Crumpsall. ... Read full Story
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Munich International Airport suspended all flight operations due to drones, it said early Friday, making it the latest European travel hub to have flights disrupted by unmanned aerial vehicles. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 4, 2025 is:
repertoire \REP-er-twahr\ noun
Repertoire typically refers to a list or supply of plays, songs, dances, etc. that a company or person is prepared to perform,. Repertoire may also refer to a supply of skills or devices, or more broadly to an amount or supply.
// The band's repertoire includes both classic and modern jazz.
// The couple enrolled in a cooking class to expand their culinary repertoire.
// His fashion repertoire includes a rotation of vibrant floral tops.
"[Rebecca] Roudman is best known as the frontwoman for Dirty Cello, a hard-working band that has honed a rollicking repertoire of rock anthems, bluegrass standards and Americana originals." — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News (San Jose, California), 21 Aug. 2025
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The Late Latin noun repertorium, meaning "list," has given English two words related to the broad range of things that someone or something can do. One is repertory, perhaps most commonly known as a word for a company that presents several different plays, operas, or other works at one theater, as well as the theater where such works are performed. Repertoire, which comes from repertorium via French, once meant the same thing as repertory but later came to refer to the works a company performs, or, in extended use, to a range of skills that a person has, such as the different pitches a baseball pitcher can throw or the particular dishes that are a chef's specialty.