Words in the News

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

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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. Nihilism

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

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

► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

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

2. Laissez faire

► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

► To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

3. Bowdlerize

► Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

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

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

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

4. Plasma

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

► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

► The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

5. Interpolate

► To proceed completely around:

► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

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

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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.