![Merriam-Webster announced via Twitter on Tuesday that the pronoun “they” can now be used in reference to a “single person whose gender identity is nonbinary.”](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/O_SNED_SC-900x580.jpg)
Editorial: Merriam-Webster is helping legitimize non binary language
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
• September 17, 2019
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Opinion | The importance of using gender-neutral vocabulary
By Anne Marie Yurik, Staff Columnist
• February 18, 2019
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