Vaccine: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year follows 1,048% rise in searches
by Oliver Milman from US news | The Guardian on (#5SFAD)
US dictionary publisher says searches for the word soared from the pre-pandemic days of 2019
From questions over mandates to concerns over global distribution, vaccine" has been the clear word of the year, according to dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster.
The choice of word of 2021 was a seemingly obvious one for the US publisher, which said searches for vaccine" on its website increased by 601% compared with last year, amid a broad rollout of vaccinations for Covid-19.
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