Cambridge Dictionary has expanded its definition of the word "woman" to be inclusive of transgender women."They are compiled by analysing a large corpus of English texts (over 2 billion words in total) taken from all areas of writing and publishing, which allows us to see exactly how language is used.Editor’s PicksMothers of trans kids react to Texas anti-trans directive: 'It feels like we are being bullied'How 2 Black transgender women are fighting housing insecurity for the LGBTQ+ communityTransgender Day of Remembrance honors lives lost while marking staggering milestoneThe Cambridge Dictionary's expanded definition of woman to include transgender women comes amid a surge of anti-transgender legislation and activism in the U.S.More than 300 proposed bills across the country have targeted LGBTQ Americans in the last year, according to the Human Rights Campaign."This year, searches for the word woman on Dictionary.com spiked significantly multiple times in relation to separate high-profile events, including the moment when a question about the very definition of the word was posed on the national stage," the online reference site said in announcing its word of the year this week.The site said the biggest spike in searches for the word "woman" came during the confirmation hearing of now-Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was asked by Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn, of Tennessee, to "provide a definition for the word woman.""