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This Week's Word In The News 

PREDOMINANT

DEFINITION:
Being the most noticeable or largest in number, or having the most power or influence.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Two predominant drivers of the economy — inflation (including from the war in Iran) and the potentially revolutionary artificial intelligence wave — highlight post-pandemic dualities and disparities.
►The Key West Citizen, 05/25/2026

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5 High School 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. Taxonomy

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

► Division into ordered groups or categories.

► Tumultuous; stormy.

2. Recapitulate

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

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

► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

► Playfully jocular; humorous

3. Oligarchy

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

► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

► The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

► Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,

4. Incontrovertible

► The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

► Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,

► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

5. Nomenclature

► A system of names used in an art or science:

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

► Everyday; commonplace.

► Put together; created.

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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.