{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Merriam-Webster chooses 'vaccine' as the 2021 word of the year","publication_date":"November 29, 2021","summary":"It's an omnipresent truth: Merriam-Webster has declared vaccine its 2021 word of the year. Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for the dictionary company, tells The Associated Press that lookups for the word vaccine increased 601% over 2020.","author_name":"By Leanne Italie, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2021\/11\/4386d87cefa5f869456173b5b68abc0c-2021-11-28T130107Z_1540291708_RC2M3R90P0H2_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-VARIANT-IRELAND-e1638208684622-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}