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  • Welcome to the voice of America's news words.

  • This'll news word is the 2016 Merriam Webster Dictionary.

  • Word of the year serve real.

  • Merriam Webster says Web searches for surreal rose after several world events and tragedies in 2016.

  • But the largest increase in searches for surreal came just after the United States presidential election in November.

  • Surreal describes something or someone as very strange or unusual.

  • It can see like a dream.

  • Surreal is often used to describe something shocking.

Welcome to the voice of America's news words.

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