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This Week's Word In The News 

BILLIONAIRE

DEFINITION:
One whose wealth is estimated at a billion or more dollars, pounds, or other monetary units.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
About a dozen people took part in the “March for billionaires” on Saturday morning in San Francisco to raise awareness about the plight of the ultrarich.
The Los Angeles Times, 02/09/2026

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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. Solstice

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

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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


2. Nuisance

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

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

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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


3. Chronology

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

The arrangement of events in time


4. Laconic

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

Having a backbone or spinal column.

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.


5. Spectrum

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

A rebirth or revival.

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


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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.