2022

Post-pandemic calendar year

2022 is the year that follows 2021.

pandemic

COVID-19

WHO-named 2019 coronavirus

  • OmicronGreek letter meaning "little O"
  • vaccineDisease prevention injection
  • boosterSomething that increases strength

quarantine · lockdown · variants · mask mandate · social distancing · remote work · isolation · testing · immunity · herd immunity

Olympics

Beijing

China's seat of government

figure skating · curling · bobsled · luge · skiing · snowboarding · hockey · speedskating · biathlon · halfpipe

culture

Wordle

Daily five-letter puzzle

Elon Musk · DALL-E · Queen Elizabeth · platinum jubilee · World Cup · Qatar · Top Gun Maverick · Wednesday · Harry Styles · Bad Bunny

economy

inflation

Sustained price level increase

Luna · layoffs · supply chain · housing market · stock market · bear market · cost of living · Fed · rate hikes · gas prices

geopolitics

Ukraine

Eastern European sovereign state

  • RussiaEurasian federation, largest country
  • invasionForcible entry into territory
  • KyivCapital of Ukraine

Zelenskyy · NATO · sanctions · refugees · war · humanitarian crisis · energy crisis · gas prices · inflation · SWIFT

Opposites
temporal distance (recent past vs. distant past)

2022prehistory

Era before writing

antiquity · ancient times · time immemorial · prehistoric era · 2023

temporal direction (past vs. future)

20222050

Year three decades away

2100 · 3000 · tomorrow · next century

era character (pandemic/crisis vs. normalcy)

20222019

Final pre-pandemic year

pre-pandemic · normalcy

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