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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DETECTION

DEFINITION:
The action or process of identifying the presence of something concealed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He added that the district is also examining “various weapon detection systems on the market to see if any of them might be viable for us,” as well as state-of-the-art camera technology.
The Albuquerque Journal, 09/15/2025

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5 Elementary Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. vigilant

Open resistance; bold disobedience.

To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.

Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary

The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.


2. meander

Approaching; drawing near; about to happen

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

To make smaller.

To follow a winding course


3. ensure

The extent to which something matters; importance

To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle


4. persistent

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

To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

The brink of a dangerous situation.

To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.


5. jabber

Emitting light; glowing brightly

To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

To attempt to stop the progression of.


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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.