2021

Post-twenty-twenty year

2021 is the number that represents the year after 2020 in the Gregorian calendar.

pandemic

COVID-19

WHO-named 2019 coronavirus

quarantine · variants · Delta · Omicron · social distancing · mask mandate · immunization · Pfizer · Moderna · booster

recovery

reopening

Beginning operations again

post-pandemic · gathering · booster shot · vaccine passport · breakthrough infection · adaptation · resilience · renewal · hope · rebuilding

politics

inauguration

Formal beginning ceremony

  • Biden46th American president
  • HarrisScottish textile origin
  • CapitolLegislative assembly building

insurrection · January 6th · impeachment · administration · presidency · election · democracy · voting · Congress · Senate

events

Suez Canal

Manmade strait through Egypt

Simone Biles · Branson · Britney Spears · GameStop · meme stocks · AMC · Dogecoin · NFT

culture

NFT

Blockchain-verified digital ownership

Ted Lasso · Olivia Rodrigo · Lil Nas X · sea shanty · Bridgerton · Bo Burnham · Wordle · cheugy · main character · understood the assignment

Opposites
temporal distance

2021ancient times

Long-ago historical era

1921 · 1821 · prehistory · antiquity · time immemorial

pandemic timeline

20212020

Recent leap year

2019 · pre-COVID · pre-pandemic · 2017 · 2018

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