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 ...

NEW YORK — On Dec. 31, China reported a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown origin to the World Health Organization. By Jan. 31, WHO declared an outbreak of a novel coronavirus a global health ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the year drawing to a close, I've been contacted by several journalists who've asked, "What's the word of the year for 2020?" This year has definitely been an eventful and memorable one, so there ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It should come as no surprise that the word "pandemic" was deemed dictionary.com's word of the year for 2020. Seems ...

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 ...