pretest

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as in retest

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Recent Examples of pretest After families submit an initial pretest for students, the district manages the weekly testing through mobile clinics that move from campus to campus. — Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021 Every unit starts with a pretest, so teachers don’t waste time. — Eva-Marie Ayala, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2021 In preparation for the event, the entire school took a spelling pretest in all English classes. — Charlene Paparizos, cleveland.com, 15 Feb. 2018 Within 140-170 days after removal, sperm concentration levels returned to pretest levels (40 million/ml). — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2014
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  1. retest
  2. test
  3. exam
  4. midterm
  5. aptitude test
Noun
  • If competitors could see the same thing and chose not to act, that’s a signal the market itself may be overdue for a retest, not that the opportunity is fake.
    — Piotr Tomasik, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Since that retest, AMGN has rebuilt completely and is now making new all-time highs.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of retest
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  • The new tier of intermediate-sized banks would have a community development test, but not an investment and service metric that large banks are graded on.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • And what about OpenAI’s Sam Altman, whose models hacked their way out of a test this summer and launched a cyberattack against the AI company Hugging Face?
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of test
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  • That framing moves odor out of the hygiene aisle and into the exam room.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • When OpenAI went from o1-preview to o1, its score on a competition math exam rose roughly 30 points, while its score on a broad general-knowledge test (Massive Multitask Language Understanding, or MMLU) slipped a point and a half.
    — Dhyey Mavani, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of exam
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  • Chief Justice John Roberts gave the Federal Communications Commission a temporary win on Thursday in its legal battle over who is entitled to favorable advertising rates in the closing weeks of the costly and hotly contested midterm elections.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading … POWER TO THE PEOPLE — America’s multi-billion tech boom comes into focus as 7 key states put it to a midterm test.
    — , FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of midterm
Noun
  • The two rules were in effect on the first day of practice on Thursday, which was part lecture, part experiment and an aptitude test to see just how much her players, both old and new, already know.
    — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 16 July 2026
  • For puppies, Michael Billedo, owner and trainer at Dog Training Elite, does an aptitude test around seven weeks, looking at 10 specific areas.
    — Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of aptitude test

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“Pretest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretest. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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