How to Use test in a Sentence
- The students will all be tested again at the end of the school year.
- The school nurse will be testing students' hearing next week.
- She tested positive for the disease.
- Weekly quizzes will test your understanding of the material.
- The water gets tested regularly.
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Yet over the past year, signs have emerged that it may again be tested in court.
— Julian Mark, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024 -
But that confidence could be tested by the end of this term.
— Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Jan. 2024 -
The 74-minute flight time of the latest missile is a few minutes longer than those tested in March and April.
— Brad Lendon, CNN, 12 July 2023 -
This recipe was not tested by the Southern Living Test Kitchen.
— Lucy Buffett, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023 -
That’s likely just a fraction of the real count: Most wild birds, of course, are not tested.
— Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023 -
The researchers also tested how these bots might heal wounds.
— Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023 -
The sets were tested both in our Des Moines, Iowa, testing lab and at home for several months.
— Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023 -
The Clippers are going to test that twofold even if Durant returns.
— Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2024 -
Make sure to test the lock before inserting your AirTag.
— Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2023 -
Part of the reluctance was due to worry that the vaccine had been rolled out too quickly, that it hadn’t been tested enough.
— Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023 -
Right now, the vibrating pill has only been tested in pigs.
— Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2024 -
The case, which could drag on for months and whose outcome is far from clear, is likely to test the country’s institutions and the rule of law.
— Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023 -
This sale will further test the demand for these jewels.
— Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024 -
James will continue to be tested to see if his sight can be restored.
— Jon Lapook, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2023 -
Other options use chemicals that bind to VOCs to isolate and test them.
— Starre Vartan, Scientific American, 12 May 2023 -
The system is being tested at the Aruk Mitajiri store in Hofu city.
— Michael Kan, PCMAG, 4 Aug. 2023 -
So something has to give, and what builders are doing now is testing the market and asking what is going to work.
— Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024 -
But that depth has been tested by injury issues throughout the season.
— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024 -
The pill was not tested in women who were breastfeeding their babies.
— Pam Belluck, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023 -
The chain is testing a new membership program for families and chose San Diego for the pilot.
— Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024 -
This visit grew out of a routine call to Lotus of North America to arrange for an Esprit to test.
— Mike Knepper, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023 -
New users can test out the full YouTube TV experience for 20 minutes without putting in a credit card.
— Kelly Laffey, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2023 -
But there weren’t enough workers available to fully test the spacecraft’s software in time.
— Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023 -
Crumble Smith recommends testing your blood sugar levels after an hour and a half to two hours to see how your body responds.
— Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024 -
She’s researched thousands of baby products, toys, gifts, and more and personally tested many of them.
— Maya Polton, Parents, 6 Apr. 2024
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The in-field test site was set up for 10 months in the canals.
— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024 -
In the heyday of the 1990s, kids did their eye tests at school.
— Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023 -
Our tests proved this as the skillet heated amongst the most even.
— Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023 -
In Thursday's test, however, the plan was for both to land in the ocean.
— George Petras, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023 -
When the software’s written and checked, the team takes it into test area of the SIL at Marshall.
— Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023 -
And in one test, the team achieved the same with human hair that had been grafted onto mice.
— Max G. Levy, WIRED, 12 July 2023 -
Stafford left the sideline for tests in the locker room and returned with his right hand taped.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023 -
Looking forward to all that SpaceX learns, to the next flight test—and beyond.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023 -
But the first two test flights ended in explosions in 2023.
— Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024 -
It will be viewed as a test of how the war is being conducted.
— NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023 -
Apollo 1 The first test flight in the Apollo program ended in tragedy.
— Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023 -
Your healthcare provider will decide to do this test based on the results of your blood test.
— Amanda MacMillan, Health, 15 Apr. 2023 -
For now, Martín-Gómez and colleagues are sticking to test rooms and buildings.
— IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2023 -
Cons Two of the three food cooking tests yielded greasy results.
— Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023 -
Use this easy test: Hold a square of toilet paper up to the fan cover while the fan is running.
— Christina Poletto, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023 -
If the Las Vegas test is a success, it may be deployed to more airports in the future.
— Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023 -
An old test for the disease, called the Nikolsky test, was to rub the normal-appearing skin next to the blisters.
— Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023 -
If the professor doesn’t write their own question, doesn’t change the question, gives you a take home test.
— Rachel Shin, Fortune, 12 July 2023 -
Households will be able to request a free test starting Sept. 25.
— Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2023 -
Permits will last for one year with the option for renewal at the end of the test period.
— Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 28 Mar. 2024 -
The law calls for using a screening test for young students, starting this fall.
— Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024 -
Preliminary tests gave the highest score to the toll lane option.
— Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023 -
And Launcher acquired the company's lease on a test site in Mojave.
— Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 May 2023 -
This Lands’ End Down Coat earned high scores during our test in comfort, warmth, and value.
— Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024 -
Not all bonds survive the test of time or change, and even the best friendships can go through fallow periods.
— Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024 -
During all of the tests, images of people’s faces were blurred and data was kept for a maximum of 14 days.
— Matt Burgess, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024 -
The news of his positive test led to the discovery by the public that Rodgers had not been vaccinated.
— Mark Osborne, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024 -
On our own real-world 75-mph highway range test, both Ioniqs fell short of their EPA ratings.
— Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 22 Apr. 2023 -
The gun found inside the silver sedan was later linked to the killing through a test by the Kansas City Crime Lab, according to court documents.
— Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2024 -
The screening goes beyond the physicals that student athletes are usually required to complete, consisting of a study of students’ family history, an EKG test and a check of their blood pressure.
— Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
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