In this Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, photo taken through a camera lens the word "pandemic" in seen in a dictionary in Washington. Dictionary.com declared pandemic its 2020 word of the year. (AP ...

Merriam-Webster on Monday announced “pandemic” as its word of year. “That probably isn’t a big shock,” Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster, told The Associated Press. In its noun ...

After a year filled with coronavirus crackdowns and social distancing measures, Collins Dictionary felt it was only fitting for the 2020 word of the year to describe the state so many people worldwide ...

Instead of crowning a single word as the winner, Oxford Languages looks at the pandemic’s swift and widespread impact on the English language. By Jennifer Schuessler Oxford Languages’s annual Word of ...

If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster on Monday announced “pandemic” as its 2020 word of the year. “That probably isn't a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK (AP) — If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: ...

NEW YORK — If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Merriam-Webster’s choice for its word of the year, announced Monday, probably agrees with yours: “pandemic ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link NEW YORK (AP) — If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster on Monday ...