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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Education Report: Pandemic is the 2020 Word of the Year' data-article-id='5283'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9958'>Two major dictionary publishers have chosen pandemic as the 2020 word of the year.</span> <span data-start-time='9958' data-end-time='19688'>Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com both declared their choices on Monday.</span> <span data-start-time='19688' data-end-time='35542'>Merriam-Webster said its decision was based on the &ldquo;extremely high numbers&rdquo; of people who had looked up pandemic in its online dictionary in 2020.</span> <span data-start-time='35542' data-end-time='44521'>The word showed a major year-over-year increase in internet traffic, the company said.</span> <span data-start-time='44521' data-end-time='53458'>The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11.</span> <span data-start-time='53458' data-end-time='72938'>The Merriam-Webster Learners&rsquo; Dictionary defines pandemic as an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people over a wide area or throughout the world.</span> <span data-start-time='72938' data-end-time='88063'>Searches for pandemic on the Merriam-Webster website rose more than 115,000 percent on March 11 compared to a year earlier.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/B.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=16486 data-hint-location='53458' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/what_is_a_pandemic.wav'>What is a pandemic?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a disease that spreads very quickly over a wide area or throughout the world'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/a_large_hospital_that_cares_for_critically_ill_patients.wav'><span>a large hospital that cares for critically ill patients</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/a_disease_that_spreads_very_quickly_over_a_wide_area_or_throughout_the_world.wav'><span>a disease that spreads very quickly over a wide area or throughout the world</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/a_large_black_and_white_bear_that_lives_in_asia.wav'><span>a large black and white bear that lives in Asia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/a_vaccine_that_is_used_to_stop_the_spread_of_an_infectious_disease.wav'><span>a vaccine that is used to stop the spread of an infectious disease</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16487 data-hint-location='44521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/when_did_the_world_health_organization_declare_covid19_a_pandemic.wav'>When did the World Health Organization declare COVID-19 a pandemic?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='March 11'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/april_6.wav'><span>April 6</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/february_15.wav'><span>February 15</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/january_1.wav'><span>January 1</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/march_11.wav'><span>March 11</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16488 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/the_2020_word_of_the_year_is__blank_.wav'>The 2020 word of the year is <span class='blank'>pandemic</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='pandemic'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/vaccine.wav'><span>vaccine</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/mask.wav'><span>mask</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/pandemic.wav'><span>pandemic</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4758/infection.wav'><span>infection</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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