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as in experiment
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
will need to run some tests on the blood sample to rule out blood poisoning
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as in exam
a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence
applicants for the cashier's position must first take a simple math test
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as in to sample
to put (something) to a test
please test this sample for the presence of lead
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as in to try
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress
all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience
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Recent Examples of test
Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
Kyoto, Japan Reuters — The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.
—Reuters, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Bill Prince, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
The new advice is to test anyone with a significant bird flu exposure, such as an unprotected worker who’s been splashed in the face with raw milk on a dairy farm with known H5N1 infections in the herds.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Noun
When faced with a similar test, a typical 14-month-old human takes four 15-second exposures to make the association.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
Kyoto, Japan Reuters — The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.
—Reuters, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Unsurprisingly, his focus is on the mental-health aspects of taking a break from daily life, in particular the benefits of removing oneself from testing environments and the technologies that enable them.
—Bill Prince, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
The new advice is to test anyone with a significant bird flu exposure, such as an unprotected worker who’s been splashed in the face with raw milk on a dairy farm with known H5N1 infections in the herds.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for test
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On the wide-open roads of America, Yifei Xu has conducted an experiment in humanity.Aarne Heikkila, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Climate Denial as a Defense Mechanism Much like a terror management lab experiment – or the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic– natural disasters like hurricanes Helene and Milton trigger death anxiety.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Prosecutors say more than 200 people paid to have someone else take the state certification exam and now are scattered in classrooms across Texas.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sometimes the plans throw in extras like coverage for eye exams and glasses or gym memberships.Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
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On the other hand, a Census Bureau survey from November of last year, which sampled approximately 1.2 million businesses in America, examined AI use across industries.Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Influence on Hip-Hop, Sampling Jones' music became a staple for sampling, especially in hip-hop, where his arrangements, grooves, and melodies were widely used by artists and producers.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Do not try to leave it at a polling place; it won't be accepted there.Steph Solis, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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To try to offset that, there are recommendations for EU stakeholders and member states to expedite collaboration and transparency, as a way to deal with the age-old problem of knockoffs.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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The guidelines say nothing about an ER doctor’s examination sufficing.Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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Bipartisan examination: If there's an issue with the way the ballot was filled out, prompting a process called adjudication, in which bipartisan teams examine ballots to determine voter intent.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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But that Friday the second-grader was elated to stretch her legs for a bear drive on state game land with her grandfather, her dad, and a dozen of his buddies.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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The basin stretches over eastern Montana, western North Dakota and South Dakota and the southern Canadian province of Saskatchewan.Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
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The key question: What does death awareness do to people? After writing about death, people tend to quickly move on, pushing thoughts of it from consciousness with distractions, rationalizations, and other tactics.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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The open-wheelers are collectively pushing back on a linguistic crackdown by the sport’s governing body.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Maritime employers in British Columbia will lock out more than 730 dock foremen across Canada’s West Coast ports Monday afternoon, straining activity at major ports on both sides of the country.Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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The increases would hit low-income families the hardest, NRF says, further straining their budgets.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Test.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/test. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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