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. Tranquility

Self-examination.

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

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.


2. Embargo

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

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation


3. Commemorate

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony


4. Maneuver

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

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.


5. Guerrilla

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.


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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.