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Dictionary.com picks 'pandemic' as its 2020 word of the year

by Leanne Italie
| December 1, 2020 12:09 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 emergency. Come March 11, the world was facing down the COVID-19 pandemic.

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