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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
Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Security becomes another signal in that pipeline, sitting alongside unit tests and performance checks, rather than a final gate that arrives after the work feels finished.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Drew Kann, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Our staff and testers When Allure tests a product, our editors look at it from every angle in an effort to best serve you.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 29 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Starship debuted in April 2023 and now has 11 suborbital test flights under its belt, five of which occurred last year.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Security becomes another signal in that pipeline, sitting alongside unit tests and performance checks, rather than a final gate that arrives after the work feels finished.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
For the third time in less than a month, a Georgia commercial poultry flock has tested positive for a contagious strain of bird flu that’s deadly to birds, state agriculture officials announced Wednesday.
—Drew Kann, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Our staff and testers When Allure tests a product, our editors look at it from every angle in an effort to best serve you.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for test
Noun
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Stability that enables demanding experiments Beyond raw strength, stability, and reliability, the value of an all-superconducting user magnet lies in its ability to deliver high performance.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Did the dates and times printed on these sleepy flyers arrive at some juncture somewhere in the world, and did children really congregate to do science experiments?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In a multiple-choice question on a recent final exam, Jeff Smith, a film professor at UW Madison, asked what happens at the end of the Truffaut film Jules and Jim.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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Later research clarified that while those who had passed the exams had measurable hippocampal growth, this was not the case for those who failed the test.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Future space missions that sample comets, asteroids, or even interstellar dust may be able to test this idea directly by looking not just for individual amino acids but also for short peptides like those produced in these experiments.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The most popular local zip codes for restaurant patrons who entered previous raffles are 53215, 53207 and 53208, but past visitors also came from neighboring states, including Illinois and Minnesota, to sample the food.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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As people fled, government forces closed off the main exits of the market toward the street and directly shot at people trying to flee the flames, Saman said.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Jimmy Richardson flew Dorothy and Elvera French to Los Angeles, where newshawks tried to squeeze one more story out of them about their former houseguest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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An in-depth examination uncovers moderate profitability and growth, coupled with a competitive valuation.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The growing awareness that, even in mild COVID cases, the possibility exists for longer-term, often undetected organ damage also warrants more examination, researchers say.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Honda has also generated a lot of buzz with its new CB1000F homage (below) to the beloved CB750F from the 1980s, and many of Harley-Davidson’s models carry on the looks and stance of models stretching back to the 1950s.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Frigid Arctic air moves back in There’s also a chance for light snow in a narrow band stretching from eastern Nebraska through southwest Iowa and possibly into northern Missouri.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The agent shoves the observer again, and then turns his attention to Pretti, pushing him out of the way before shoving the observer to the ground.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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How the producers aren’t manipulative gods, but brilliant storytellers, animated by their own needs and insecurities, who sometimes push too hard in their quest to alchemize real people into three-act structure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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His eyes strained to decipher the hurriedly ornate calligraphy, which often bled to the other side of the sheet, making the documents even harder to read.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Republican president’s push to acquire Greenland strained the NATO alliance, alarming Canada, which shares a 3,000-kilometer (1,864 mile) maritime border with Greenland in the Arctic.—
Rob Gillies,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Test.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/test. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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