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as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
always eager to put everything down, my boyfriend had to be a quiz and make fun of the actors and costumes in our local theater troupe's latest production
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as in exam
a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence
according to the magazine's marriage quiz, the chances that we'll have a 10th wedding anniversary are just about nil
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as in character
a person of odd or whimsical habits
even by House of Lords standards, the cross-dressing earl was considered quite a quiz
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as in to ask
to put a question or questions to
quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class
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as in to question
to put a series of questions to
hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements
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Recent Examples of quiz
Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
The questions in this quiz are based on the most common signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
—Rena Goldman, Health, 27 Apr. 2025
Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Galen quizzes as another newly marked boy, somewhere between my 8 years of age and my brother’s 12, passes us on his way out of the enormous courthouse ahead.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Noun
At this point, their color is also revealed, showing how difficult the quiz setters expected that set of connections to be.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
The questions in this quiz are based on the most common signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
—Rena Goldman, Health, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
These bite-sized lessons, in the form of videos, quizzes or mobile apps, cover topics like emotional intelligence, strategic planning or effective communication.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Galen quizzes as another newly marked boy, somewhere between my 8 years of age and my brother’s 12, passes us on his way out of the enormous courthouse ahead.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quiz
Noun
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The heartbreaking scene not only teases that there may be more story left to tell, but also reinforces the preciousness of the friendship Baek-jin and Baku once shared.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
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Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS FEELING BLUE – Bill Belichick's girlfriend teases coach over attire to hockey game.—
FOXNews.com,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Months 2-3: Following a gum graft, your periodontist may schedule additional exams or more frequent cleanings.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
3 May 2025
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Seo’s concierge service is priced at $500 per category of treatment: non-surgical skin care (including tightening treatments like Ultherapy), medical exams (like allergy and hearing tests), and beauty services (head spas, nails, massages).—
Parizaad Khan Sethi,
Allure,
2 May 2025
Noun
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The character was the butt of many misogynist jokes.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
3 May 2025
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The show, replete with flower-power aesthetics and a raunchy sensibility, showed off Buzzi's knack for physical comedy above the neck, her characters often contorting their faces for the sake of caricature.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
Verb
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Hall requested spousal support and asked the court to terminate Haack's ability to receive spousal support from him.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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Trains to and from the airport were also halted and police asked the public to refrain from arriving in the area.—
Tamar Michaelis,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
Verb
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All the suspects are being questioned at police stations and have not been charged.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2025
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And perhaps most notably, past remarks of Kennedy seem to question a causal relationship between HIV and AIDS.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
Noun
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In late 2024, OpenAI’s o3 model indicated significantly stronger performance than any previous model on a number of the field’s most challenging tests of programming, abstract reasoning, and scientific reasoning.—
Yoshua Bengio,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Other results on water and soil tests are expected this month.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2025
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Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Attracting talent for greater innovation hazards acquiring a few eccentrics whose gifts come wrapped in controversial packaging.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Hess manages to unravel modern myths around childbirth and interrogates the technologies that mediate our relationship to it.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
1 May 2025
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While these two exhibits may feel distinct, for Suh, all of his work interrogates the boundaries between personal and public space, and the conditions that force transience or enable permanence.—
Megan Williams,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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“Quiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiz. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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