Complex sentence: During the twelve-month period that decides the word of the year, the term "blog" had the most requests for a definition or explanation, so a new entry was placed in Merriam-Webster's printed dictionary for 2005.
Split into simpler sentences: During the twelve-month period that decides the word of the year, the term "blog" had the most requests for a definition or explanation. Because of this, an entry for "blog" was placed in Merriam-Webster's printed dictionary for 2005.