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Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2021 is 'vaccine'

by KATE FELDMAN
| November 30, 2021 7:00 AM

New York Daily News (TNS)

Even the dictionary knows you've been "doing your own research."

After a year of normalizing phrases like "shots in arms" and "COVID toe," Merriam-Webster has named "vaccine" the word of 2021...

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