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. Zoology

► The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

2. Typhoon

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

3. Formidable

► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

4. Deduction

► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

► To cringe in fear

5. Introspection

► Self-examination.

► To condescend to give or grant

► A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

► A schedule of prices or fees.

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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.