A to Z by Decade: 2020s

A

Platforms such as ChatGPT, Grok and Sora specialize in this kind of technology

B

City where the 2022 Winter Olympics took place

C

Major right wing media personality assassinated on September 10, 2025

D

Music artist who released Illusion and Houdini in 2024

E

2022 hit which saw the return of Ke Huy Quan to the big screen

F

Opioid responsible for over 70% of US overdose deaths, with fatalities peaking between 2021 and 2022

G

Black man murdered by police in Minneapolis, MN on May 25, 2020, sparking protests across the United States

H

Palestinian group which has been in conflict with Israel since 2023

I

Country which the United States has been in conflict with since February 2026

J

American financer and sex trafficker who used his island as a base, which saw the naming of hundreds of associated high-profile figures following his death in prison in 2019

K

Basketball legend killed alongside his daughter and several others in a 2020 helicopter crash

L

2021 Marvel television series starring Tom Hiddleston returning in his most iconic role

M

Chris Pratt starred as this classic video game character in 2023 and reprised his role for a sequel in 2026

N

Organization behind the Artemis II lunar mission in 2026

O

Diabetes medication which began being used by many off label for weight loss

P

Company who created one of the first Covid-19 vaccines

Q

Monarch who died on September 8, 2022 at age 96

R

1985 Kate Bush song which saw a resurgence following its inclusion in the fourth season of Stranger Things

S

Hit South Korean survival thriller where hundreds of people compete in deadly children’s games for money

T

Group which took over Afghanistan in 2021

U

Country which has been fighting Russian invasion since 2022

V

Oil-rich nation whose leader was captured in a US military operation on January 3, 2026

W

Star Trek star who became the oldest person to go to space in 2021 at 90 years of age

X

What Twitter was renamed to in 2023

Y

Hit family sitcom which ended with the death of the family patriarch in 2024

Z

Communication platform which became a household name during the Covid pandemic