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This Week's Word In The News 

INFLUENCER

DEFINITION:
Someone who uses their online reputation to prompt people to buy things.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“We have a lot of influencers who’ve come in and a lot of community members who have seen us through social media and come in and sell,” said Jessica Lucero, owner of In The Middle.
►The Albuquerque Journal, 08/17/2026

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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. Winnow

► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

► Having one’s true identity concealed.

2. Nonsectarian

► Eating and drinking in moderation.

► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

► Playfully jocular; humorous

3. Hemoglobin

► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

► A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.

► A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

4. Quasar

► Having a bad disposition; surly.

► An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.

► A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

► To proceed completely around:

5. Irony

► To proceed completely around:

► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

► Very talkative; garrulous.

► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

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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.