How to Use proctor in a Sentence
proctor
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Judges and proctors make sure all work is done by the students.
—Mary Salatino, Aurora Beacon-News, 9 June 2017
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Looks like [my daughter’s high school] wants to provide own proctor.
—Bridget Read, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2019
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About halfway through the testing, Tina got a call from the proctors.
—AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
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The test proctor kindly tried to put me at ease and then glanced at her computer — her eyes widened.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
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The tests will be administered in a school or a test center with a proctor present.
—NBC News, 25 Jan. 2022
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The children were still wearing their jackets when the proctor began the clock.
—New York Times, 5 May 2021
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Our fellow pod-dad had stepped in as proctor, helping each kid navigate the workload.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2021
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In the second, David rises up the social ladder to become a proctor of law.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2020
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At-home coronavirus testing kits use a virtual proctor to guide the patient through the test.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 12 Mar. 2021
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Singer, who has pleaded guilty, was accused of bribing a test proctor to correct the teenager's answer.
—Jocelyn Gecker, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Oct. 2019
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Singer, who has pleaded guilty, allegedly bribed a test proctor to correct the teenager’s answers.
—Collin Binkley, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2019
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Singer, who has pleaded guilty, allegedly bribed a test proctor to correct the teenager's answers.
—Collin Binkley, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2019
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Vista takes the tests very seriously, using proctors or observing test-takers by video to make sure no one cheats.
—Laura Cooper, WSJ, 9 July 2018
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Singer, the test administrator and the proctor have all pleaded guilty to their roles and await sentencing.
—Fox News, 11 Dec. 2021
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The cost for the test includes a proctor to help walk the patient through the test and a mobile app that can display the outcome, an eMed spokesman says.
—Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
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The other students went through the typical interview format, in which they were asked to solve the problem out loud with a proctor present.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021
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The proctor picks three people from the list and asks you to describe how two of them are similar to each other and different from the third person.
—Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2018
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There is no better test of those skills than playoff basketball, and no more exacting proctor than the Warriors.
—Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 18 May 2018
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These are the workers who conduct study sessions, offer crunch-time tutoring, read term papers, and proctor and grade exams.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
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Vertical’s test flight counts, in other words, because the company has been studying for the right test, with the proctor in the room, for three years.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2026
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Babu had been working as a proctor at the campus’s testing center, which remained open through last Saturday.
—María Méndez, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2020
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Unlike in-clinic or at-home tests that are proctored by health care providers, at-home antigen tests don’t require a proctor to interpret results.
—Maddie Bender, STAT, 15 Oct. 2021
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The program launched in March 2018 and allows teens to take the test online while their parents serve as the proctor.
—Alexa Fuenmayor, azcentral, 5 Dec. 2019
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The $25 test can also be done from home, but requires a prescription and virtual telehealth proctor to watch the process.
—Matthew Vann, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2021
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Several also liked a function of the test that puts each student on an automatic timer, rather than leaving stop and start times up to the proctor.
—Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
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The board required him to have a surgical proctor oversee 20 of his operations per quarter for two years.
—Fred Schulte, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
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Bathroom rules Teachers and proctors are both expected to keep walking among the students during exams.
—Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 31 May 2018
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Cheating is easier at Princeton than at some places because the school does not allow its professors to proctor exams.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
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These dynamics have led both students and faculty to ask Princeton to bring professors back as exam proctors.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
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Chief proctor Waseem Ahmed Khan confirmed that the police did not have permission to enter Jamia.
—Mohd Nazeef Khan, Quartz India, 15 Dec. 2019
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