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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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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. Zoology

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

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

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


2. Unanimous

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

To proclaim publicly

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

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


3. Marsupial

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

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

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.


4. Gargoyle

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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


5. Labyrinth

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

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.