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pretests

noun

plural of pretest
as in retests

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  1. tests
  2. exams
  3. examinations
Noun
  • The financial incentives to win FDA approval also became far more powerful after Congress approved Medicare to cover multi-cancer detection tests that are greenlighted by the agency.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
  • What this process gave me was a very expensive (about $1,000) education in how to evaluate risk at a time when there are always new tests and options to assess it.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of tests
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 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
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“Pretests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretests. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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