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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. Quarantine

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

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

2. Exponent

► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

► The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

3. Embargo

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

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

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

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

4. Unanimous

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

► Self-examination.

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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

5. Antibody

► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

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

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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.