In 2016, [Mari-Lou A](https://english.stackexchange.com/users/44619/mari-lou-a) asked a question appropriate for the times.

[2016 The Year of ...?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/365706/2016-the-year-of)

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> "2016 is drawing to an end, and nobody can say it was an unexceptional year. On the contrary, it was extraordinary and at the same time a year of great tragedies.... *I would like a word, an expression or short phrase that sums up this historical year."*
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Now, I look back on those years and think "Wow, we were so innocent then".

This past year has been much more extraordinary...and more than tragic.

Shouldn't we do something similar this year?

i.e.

***"I would like a word, an expression or short phrase that sums up this historical year."***