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Recent Examples of retest
Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2026
If anything comes back borderline, request a retest in three to six months rather than defaulting to a full year.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026
Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
In other words, areas that have become stretched or overbought may soon see those conditions normalize, particularly as prices retest key support zones.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The retest will determine a student’s eligibility for promotion to fourth grade, according to the presentation, but will not replace the student’s original test result used by the state to assign accountability scores to schools.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2026
If anything comes back borderline, request a retest in three to six months rather than defaulting to a full year.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
This discovery cuts down on the need to retest, subjecting patients to more needle sticks.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
In other words, areas that have become stretched or overbought may soon see those conditions normalize, particularly as prices retest key support zones.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 8 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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Police are investigating a shooting that happened at a Chick-fil-A in Union Township, New Jersey, on Saturday night.—
Naomi Ruchim,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The university has been investigating the chats since last fall, according to a federal First Amendment lawsuit filed by four of the students facing conduct charges.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The tests did show, though, that the animals did not receive adequate care at the property.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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In the trailer, the Wicked Oscar nominee can be seen in the hot seat, continuing the Focker family tradition of being interviewed while strapped to a lie detector test.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Bar Tab Taran Dugal samples experimental cocktails in Long Island City.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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There will be a Jardin des Chefs — a chefs' garden — for fans to sample French gastronomy in an area next to Court Simonne-Mathieu.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Wells, hidden in a tiny video-village setup inside one of the set’s curtained exam rooms, grins at the monitor and turns around to give Einesman a thumbs-up.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Elizabeth excelled in all the subjects that would prepare her to complete the all-important matura exam and enroll in university.—
Marcy Thompson,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 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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And in the last five years, 35% of the students have placed in the top 10 for the Diocese’s placement test.—
Stephen Wilder,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Mar. 2026
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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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“Retest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retest. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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