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This Week's Word In The News 

INBOUND

DEFINITION:
Travelling towards a particular point or place rather than leaving it.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The runway was closed and inbound and outbound traffic was delayed for a few hours.
The Key West Citizen, 06/22/2026

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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. Impeach

Put together; created.

To show servile deference.

To make an accusation against.

Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.


2. Expurgate

A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,

To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic.


3. Vortex

A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

Eating and drinking in moderation.


4. Epiphany

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

Eating and drinking in moderation.

Of or relating to money

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.


5. Filibuster

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

Lacking social polish; tactless.


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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.