Words in the News

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 Middle 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. Boisterous

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

2. Bandolier

► A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

3. Sacrifice

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

► Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

► Self-examination.

► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

4. Phloem

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

► A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

5. Kilometer

► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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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.