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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SITUATED

DEFINITION:
Having a site, situation, or location.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
If the Netflix deal goes through, it could have implications for New Mexico, with one of Netflix’s major facilities situated in Albuquerque’s Mesa del Sol community, local industry experts say.
►The Albuquerque Journal, 01/12/2026

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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. Bandolier

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

2. Technique

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

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

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

3. Nuisance

► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► The arrangement of events in time

4. Spectrum

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► The arrangement of events in time

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

5. Quandary

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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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.

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