Many loan words enter a language through trade and technological exchange.

word is bond, I paid back every cent I owed.

The teacher circled play of words on the worksheet and wrote 'misspelling' in the margin.

The reporter used the term k-word when referring to the South African slur.

If anyone feels unsafe during the role-play, they should say the safe word immediately.

Before they started the role-play, the instructor asked each pair to agree on safe words.

Scholars discussed how the use of n-words in historical texts reflects past racial attitudes.

In the style guide, key word is marked as an alternative form of keyword.

Her delivery was word-perfect, reproducing the script exactly as written.

In the old pamphlet, the word key-word appears several times as a dated form of what we now call a keyword.