catechisms

Definition of catechismsnext
plural of catechism
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Noun
  • Jobs’ ‘beer test’ may sound unserious compared to today’s increasingly popular Myers-Briggs assessments and 90-minute exams.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 14 May 2026
  • While many colleges and universities are in finals now, Washington will not have its end-of-term exams until early June.
    Erick Mendoza, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Parkinson on Friday revealed that the soil tests were positive for remains.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • Success at tests like puzzles and mazes, which appeared to Washburn to be the result of reasoning, or insight—observation and detection—Thorndike insisted was instead merely the result of blundering, repetition, and trial and error.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Following initial examinations, the medical examiner determined that the female victim, a 29-year-old from Mexico, died of hyperthermia.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • Shortly before her release from prison, Wang said authorities conducted unexplained blood tests and medical examinations.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • The office said the new unit will work directly with law enforcement agencies during investigations and help ensure consistency in charging decisions and sentencing recommendations.
    Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • For Nanos, much of the public criticism overlooks the realities of how complex criminal investigations unfold, especially when detectives are intentionally withholding information to protect the integrity of the case.
    Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The question of how Venus’s atmosphere affects probes isn’t just about the past—the list of artifacts may be growing soon because more probes are set to land on Venus.
    Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 10 May 2026
  • Both Voyager probes launched with the same 10 operational instruments.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Decades after researches first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it.
    Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces.
    Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • College, Robbins believes, should be more bespoke; schools should cultivate their own character based on the charisma of professors, the novelty of their inquiries, and the quality of their instruction.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
  • Gareth Purnell, an attorney representing several former Asheville Academy students, says his firm receives roughly two to three inquiries a day from people who say they were sent off to programs or schools where they were mistreated.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Some courses also give quizzes and exams on the platform, or use it as a portal where final projects and papers are submitted on deadline.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 May 2026
  • New York — Students attempting to access grades, study materials and quizzes were met instead with a message from a hacking group on Thursday.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
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“Catechisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catechisms. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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