Words in the News

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. Commemorate

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

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

2. Nocturnal

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

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

► A schedule of prices or fees.

3. Repose

► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

► A proportional part or share.

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

4. Polygon

► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

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

5. Chronology

► A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

► The arrangement of events in time

► A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

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

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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.