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This Week's Word In The News 

SIMULCAST

DEFINITION:
A simultaneous transmission of the same programme on radio and television, or on two or more channels.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He was a commentator for the Lakers alongside the venerable Chick Hearn, doing what was then a simulcast of radio and television.
►The Los Angeles Times, 02/23/2026

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5 Elementary Words

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Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!

1. degree

► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it

► To bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.

► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.

2. compromise

► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

► The dividing line or location between two areas.

► Dependent on each other

► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.

3. replenish

► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.

► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering

► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.

► Hidden, secret

4. apprehensive

► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.

► Anything that assures a certain outcome.

► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.

5. symbolism

► More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.

► To waver or be unsteady.

► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition

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Common Core State Standard
LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.