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catechisms

noun

plural of catechism
as in exams

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  1. exams
  2. tests
  3. examinations
  4. investigations
  5. probes
  6. researches
  7. inquiries
  8. quizzes
Noun
  • Pawlikowski stayed in Germany for five years, from 1972 to 1977, dug in deep, and passed his exams.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Just 40% of students in grades 3 through 8 in Fort Worth ISD met grade level on reading STAAR exams this past school year, according to TEA data.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of exams
Noun
  • The autonomous vehicle launches from a carrier aircraft and conducts high-speed atmospheric tests before returning for recovery.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The tests were also pretty harsh when assessing my flexibility.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of tests
Noun
  • The report details necropsy and microscopic tissue examinations of two female belugas, 23-year-old Peekachu and 20-year-old Rain, who arrived in Chicago last month from the defunct Marineland park in Canada.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Noreus then submitted fraudulent transcripts to state nursing boards so students could take licensing examinations and obtain nursing licenses, according to prosecutors.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of examinations
Noun
  • To determine whether there was a reason to look further, researchers searched digital archives for existing investigations, finding 20 studies that qualified as suitable.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Several individuals have been charged and drugs and a number of firearms were recovered this week in separate investigations, according to the Aurora Police Department.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of investigations
Noun
  • Analyzing data from lunar probes, a team of researchers found a rock formation that was much denser and more strongly magnetized compared with the surrounding material.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Some cosmologists have thought that BBN is too old-school to be as good a tool for cosmology as other probes of the early universe.
    — Cara Giovanetti, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of probes
Noun
  • Melanie Challenger Melanie Challenger writes, researches, and broadcasts on the history of ideas, the history and philosophy of science, and the relationship between humans and the living world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of researches
Noun
  • Not so long ago, such inquiries belonged among the woo-woo subsect of our social dynamics and our literature.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Inside Lindblom, university leaders playfully lobbied on behalf of their campuses to a group of more than a dozen participants, who fired inquiries back about courses, postgraduation job success rates, campus accessibility and culture, and more.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of inquiries
Noun
  • This new experience includes Study Mode, quizzes, learning visualizations, and responsible homework reminders.
    — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Training software could adjust quizzes and questions based on an operator’s performance.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of quizzes
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“Catechisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catechisms. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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