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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 High School 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. Oligarchy

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

Eating and drinking in moderation.

Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:


2. Loquacious

Deception by trickery or sophistry.

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

Very talkative; garrulous.


3. Circumnavigate

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

To proceed completely around:

To make an accusation against.

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.


4. Subjugate

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

To bring under control; conquer.

A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.


5. Omnipotent

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.


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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.