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  1. 10 Jun 2019

    BREAKING NEWS: The 2019 is ‘Brexit’ due to the increase in mentions, the political awareness that children demonstrated in this year’s stories, and the incredibly inventive entries it inspired. Find out more:

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  2. 6 Jun 2018

    Plastic has been named 2018 after a surge in environmental-themed entries to the competition -

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  3. 6 Jun 2018

    Have you heard? Hot on the heels of , the 2018 is ‘PLASTIC’ due to the increase in use in this year's stories and the awareness and passion children showed for environmental issues. Find out more:

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  4. 6 Jun 2018

    Following OUP’s analysis of over 134,000 short stories submitted to this year's competition, Oxford Children’s Dictionaries have announced the Oxford 2018!

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  5. Jun 11

    The big day is here! The winners of ’s competition will be announced today! Tune in to The Breakfast Show to hear the winning stories. • Catch up with our 2020 insights into children's language here:

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  6. Jun 10

    📣 CORONAVIRUS is the 2020 Oxford - but which real people (alongside Santa) featured most in the stories?

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  7. 6 Jun 2018

    See all the highlights from the in this fabulous animation from and

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  8. Jun 10

    The language of social media and technology is also on the rise 💬! Mentions of the top social media platforms were up 44% in this year’s stories. Find out more:

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  9. 6 Jun 2018

    Children have been inventing new solutions to the PLASTIC problem in their stories for . Beware the Reverse-o-matic Pollutinator Ray Gun, oh yes.

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  10. 26 May 2016

    Mr H will present an award.

    Not sure if you saw this earlier but Tom will be back on BBC Radio 2 tomorrow morning...
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  11. 6 Jun 2018

    If it breaks your heart that the 2018 is PLASTIC, follow us at and visit our website

    Have you heard? Hot on the heels of , the 2018 is ‘PLASTIC’ due to the increase in use in this year's stories and the awareness and passion children showed for environmental issues. Find out more:
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  12. Jun 10

    Morning coffee with & announcing their .. always a calendar highlight 10 years on! Happy Birthday! Congrats to & team too - love hearing all the findings & sentiment analysis & all xx

    📣 BREAKING NEWS 📣 The 2020 Oxford is ‘CORONAVIRUS’. It appeared in this year’s stories for the first time, showing that children are very much in touch with the most pressing issues of our time. Read more:
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  13. 6 Jun 2018

    Great to see sharing the Oxford and other insights from stories

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  14. 6 Jun 2018

    The team at has released the 2018 with . This time it's 'plastic'. Not for plastic spoons, but for plastic pollution. Beware the Reverse-o-matic Pollutinator Ray Gun, oh yes.

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  15. 6 Jun 2018

    Behold our tiny feminist leaders of the future! My work here is done! *puts feet up* via

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  16. 6 Jun 2018

    And the Children's Word of the Year is...

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  17. Jun 10

    So exciting to hear ’ @HelenFreo on announcing this year’s - coronavirus!

    📣 CORONAVIRUS is the 2020 Oxford - but which real people (alongside Santa) featured most in the stories?
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  18. 6 Jun 2018

    It was fascinating to hear in the news that the in 2018 is 'plastic'! But do you know where the word comes from? Please feel free to share this with your students, perhaps they entered too!

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  19. 6 Jun 2018

    Adults, listen up!

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  20. 12 Jun 2019

    See the link in this article for the Oxford Corpus Summary Report (analysis of how the was chosen) :

    BREAKING NEWS: The 2019 is ‘Brexit’ due to the increase in mentions, the political awareness that children demonstrated in this year’s stories, and the incredibly inventive entries it inspired. Find out more:
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