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Recent Examples of retest
Tony Zhang, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
As well as being sentenced to five years in prison, Owen-Cooper has also been disqualified from driving for seven years and three months and ordered to sit an extended retest, police confirmed.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
This discovery cuts down on the need to retest, subjecting patients to more needle sticks.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Holding above $200 opens the path toward a retest of the $240–$270 zone, which marks the upper end of its recent trading range.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
As well as being sentenced to five years in prison, Owen-Cooper has also been disqualified from driving for seven years and three months and ordered to sit an extended retest, police confirmed.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
When soil contamination still exceeded state benchmarks after initial cleanup, the state sent cleanup workers to remove more dirt and then retest the properties.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
This discovery cuts down on the need to retest, subjecting patients to more needle sticks.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retest
Noun
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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
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Every unit starts with a pretest, so teachers don’t waste time.—
Eva-Marie Ayala,
Dallas News,
17 Mar. 2021
Verb
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The district is also investigating whether Champ’s conduct violated any school policies.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Cops were investigating a possible gang link to the killing, sources said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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These tests focused on strength, toughness, and the material’s ability to be shaped and formed into aircraft components.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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That includes the origin story of how the lizard came to be, the creation of that Elio post-credits scene that incited the meme machine, and early test screening reactions that signaled there could be something more to that character.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Save time to walk up and down Fredericksburg's main drag to sample wine, food, art and more history.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Over the past year, an LAUSD consultant conducted two rounds of air sampling at Jordan High.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For the many students without access to private tutors, chatbots can generate practice questions, mock exams and flash cards; give feedback on a paragraph; or suggest a counterargument.—
Maximilian Milovidov,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2026
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Statewide, nearly 37% of 4K through third graders tested below the 25th percentile, results from the exams show.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Reznor and Ross resampled and processed the original cue with tonal and textural shifts to mirror the deepening relationship between the two central characters.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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Days later, the city announced that resampling from 24 of the homes that had high lead levels found only two still above the federal action threshold — a drop that the NRDC says is almost impossible in less than two months.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC News,
18 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Two French psychologists, Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon, leaped at the invitation and created the first-ever practical intelligence test.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Feb. 2026
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In one study, Duckworth found smarter students actually had less grit than their peers who scored lower on intelligence tests.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The idea that students might score poorly on a placement test or get answers wrong in an algebra class was no surprise.—
Tammi Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The students will soon take an advanced placement test with the chance to earn college credit.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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“Retest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retest. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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