Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INBOUND

DEFINITION:
Travelling towards a particular point or place rather than leaving it.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The runway was closed and inbound and outbound traffic was delayed for a few hours.
►The Key West Citizen, 06/22/2026

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5 Elementary 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. various

► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts

► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.

► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

2. vulnerable

► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.

► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

► The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time ; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

► More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

3. recuperate

► The source or reason of an event or action

► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

► Anything that assures a certain outcome.

► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.

4. minority

► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number

► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).

► The dividing line or location between two areas.

► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.

5. function

► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.

► Dark, faint or indistinct.

► What something does or is used for.

► Anything that may be possible; a possibility

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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.