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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. Xylem

► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

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

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

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

2. Tranquility

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

3. Unanimous

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

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

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

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

4. Tariff

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

5. Laconic

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

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

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► 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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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.