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From ‘austerity’ to ‘hallucinate’: how the Cambridge Dictionary’s Words of the Year have endured

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From ‘austerity’ to ‘hallucinate’: how the Cambridge Dictionary’s Words of the Year have endured

This year – 2024 – will be the 10th year in which Cambridge chooses a Word of the Year. Do the Cambridge Dictionary’s words endure, and what do they say about the last ten years?  

An illustration with word of the years published in the past 10 years
An illustration with word of the years published in the past 10 years.