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This Week's Word In The News 

ACCESS

DEFINITION:
The freedom or ability to obtain or make use of something.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Restrict access to out-of-state entities, like federal agencies, private entities, or other states, unless required by a court order or judicial warrant.
►The Duluth News Tribune, 08/24/2026

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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. Paradigm

► To picture falsely; misrepresent.

► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

► Of or relating to money

► Deception by trickery or sophistry.

2. Equinox

► Deception by trickery or sophistry.

► Logical incongruity

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

► Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

3. Laissez faire

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

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

4. Oxidize

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

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

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

5. Xenophobe

► A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

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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.