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This Week's Word In The News 

DENIALISM

DEFINITION:
Bianco’s investigation, which includes all the ballots cast in Riverside County in November, raises questions about how he would handle the election denialism movement if he is elected governor.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid.
►The Los Angeles Times, 03/23/2026

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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. Formidable

► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

2. Exult

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

3. Mosaic

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

► A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

► A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

4. Introspection

► A rebirth or revival.

► Self-examination.

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

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

5. Ultraviolet

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

► 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 quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► 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.

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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.