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as in exams
a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence
applicants to the prep school are required to take a demanding examination
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as in investigations
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
an examination into the extent and causes of juvenile delinquency in the community
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as in inspections
a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition
even a hasty examination will tell any jeweler that that is not a real diamond
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Recent Examples of examinations
The alleged examinations weren’t recorded in the woman’s medical file, according to investigators.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Our state-of-the-art offices are equipped for comprehensive skin examinations, advanced testing, and cutting-edge treatments designed with your comfort and health in mind.
—Rocklin Dermatology, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Only larger mortgage lenders (those with over 200 home loan originations in the previous year) are subject to these examinations.
—Aj Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Extensive efforts made in the months since Lilly and Jack went missing have included a grid search of the woods surrounding their home, plus the use of cadaver dogs and polygraph examinations, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
Korpela and Werthimer eventually settled on about 100 final contenders worth additional examinations.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors attempted to recover from the cross examinations by highlighting the urgency of the police response to a mass shooting.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026
Thus far, he has been entirely consumed by examinations of performance—first digging into a pop musician’s stratospheric career climb in A Star Is Born, then wrestling with Leonard Bernstein’s desire to reimagine classical music in Maestro.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
By age 14, Abergel had dropped out of school, taken his graduate record examinations and ventured to New York in hopes of one day joining the American Ballet Theatre.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Jan. 2026
Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Our state-of-the-art offices are equipped for comprehensive skin examinations, advanced testing, and cutting-edge treatments designed with your comfort and health in mind.
—Rocklin Dermatology, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Only larger mortgage lenders (those with over 200 home loan originations in the previous year) are subject to these examinations.
—Aj Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Extensive efforts made in the months since Lilly and Jack went missing have included a grid search of the woods surrounding their home, plus the use of cadaver dogs and polygraph examinations, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
Korpela and Werthimer eventually settled on about 100 final contenders worth additional examinations.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors attempted to recover from the cross examinations by highlighting the urgency of the police response to a mass shooting.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026
Thus far, he has been entirely consumed by examinations of performance—first digging into a pop musician’s stratospheric career climb in A Star Is Born, then wrestling with Leonard Bernstein’s desire to reimagine classical music in Maestro.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
By age 14, Abergel had dropped out of school, taken his graduate record examinations and ventured to New York in hopes of one day joining the American Ballet Theatre.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for examinations
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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
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After returning from a six-month leave with just six weeks to prepare students for exams, his classes still achieved a 71% pass rate, and for the past three years, his students have exceeded district and state scores.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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The investigations both remain active, according to the Aurora Police Department.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
29 Jan. 2026
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The changes would require videos of police shootings and footage from investigations to be preserved.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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The bill would set enforceable health and safety standards, mandating independent inspections and requiring transparency in reporting habitability issues such as water damage, humidity and mold.—
JAMES HERRERA MONTEREY HERALD,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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An immigration detention ombudsman's office was largely de-staffed, as was the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which performed inspections of family detention facilities.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Robotic tests showed that the material can work in real machines.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Jan. 2026
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On January 13, she was told that tests were showing worrying fetal activity.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Research and operational grants poured in; Motherisk’s clinical laboratory expanded its operations, and its counselling center grew to seventy-five staff members, answering an average of two hundred inquiries a day.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Juventus have spent the last few weeks making inquiries about other forwards.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Last summer two audits emerged, one state, one federal, each with something urgent to tell us about our state’s child welfare system.—
Sarah Healy Eagan,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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The tracker will serve voters and viewers as well as the more than 30 new lawmakers who were not in office when many of these audits were issued.—
Julie Watts,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Oatmeal specifically touts many benefits, including being a valuable source of numerous vitamins, antioxidants and fiber; moreover, studies indicate that the biochemical composition of the grain can help improve the gut microbiome in addition to reducing blood glucose levels as well.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Future studies will focus on improving the model, testing the system in larger groups and examining how real-time physiological data can inform care outside the clinic.—
Mayo Clinic News Network,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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As the first film in his Before trilogy — each film shot nine years apart — Before Sunrise unfolds as one of cinema’s most sustained explorations of love and the passage of time, highlighting the human experience through chance encounters and conversation.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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The hotel’s bicycles are perfect for quiet explorations of a more local side of Kyoto’s city DNA—from local temple complexes and shrines (many without tourists) to centuries-old family producers and artisans, lining low-key streets.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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