Merriam-Webster has chosen "justice" as its 2018 Word of the Year.

The group says searches for the term on its online dictionary were 74% higher this year.

Major news stories contributed to the spike, including Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings and the ongoing Mueller investigation into the Trump campaign.

Here are ten more notable words that sent people to the dictionary in 2018:

  • Nationalism
  • Pansexual
  • Lodestar
  • Epiphany
  • Feckless
  • Laurel
  • Pissant
  • Respect
  • Maverick
  • Excelsior

(Merriam-Webster contributed to this report.)