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The English language, like all of us, has had to adapt rapidly and repeatedly this year. Our team of expert lexicographers have captured and analysed this lexical data every step of the way. As our Word of the Year process started and this data was opened up, it quickly became apparent that 2020 is not a year that could neatly be accommodated in one single “word of the year”, so we have decided to report more expansively on the phenomenal breadth of language change and development over the year in our <i>Words of an Unprecedented Year</i> report.</p> </div></div></div><div id="panel-2315-1-0-2" class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child" data-index="5"><div class="widget-inner-text-block panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2315-1-0-2"><div class="textwidget"><p><span style="font-family: SilkSerif-Regular; font-size: 48px;">What’s in the report?</span></p> <hr/> <p> </p> <p>We examine, in detail, the themes that were a focus for our language monitoring this year, including Covid-19 and all its related vocabulary, political and economic volatility, social activism, the environment, and the rapid uptake of new technologies and behaviours to support remote working and living.  </p> </div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="pg-2315-2" class="panel-grid panel-has-style"><div class="row-text-inner panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2315-2"><div id="pgc-2315-2-0" class="panel-grid-cell"><div id="panel-2315-2-0-0" class="so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="6"><img width="644" height="911" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20201219145548im_/https://languages.oup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020woty6-1.png" class="image wp-image-2323 attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="lazy" style="max-width: 100%; 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