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Verb
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Oklou shares the same melodic grace in her wandering arpeggios, and the spectral balearic timewarp of Torus’ Summer of Love samples Stockholm’s own Eric Prydz.—
Nathan Evans,
Pitchfork,
12 May 2026 -
Then, instead of measuring everything, the protocol samples only a small fraction of the copies.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Parkinson on Friday revealed that the soil tests were positive for remains.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Success at tests like puzzles and mazes, which appeared to Washburn to be the result of reasoning, or insight—observation and detection—Thorndike insisted was instead merely the result of blundering, repetition, and trial and error.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Jobs’ ‘beer test’ may sound unserious compared to today’s increasingly popular Myers-Briggs assessments and 90-minute exams.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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While many colleges and universities are in finals now, Washington will not have its end-of-term exams until early June.—
Erick Mendoza,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Millionaires have low migration rates, said Cristobal Young, a sociologist at Cornell University who researches whether high earners actually move when their taxes go up.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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The current wave of sleep-learning research began in 2007, after a team led by Björn Rasch, a Swiss cognitive biopsychologist who researches sleep, administered a clever experiment.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Following initial examinations, the medical examiner determined that the female victim, a 29-year-old from Mexico, died of hyperthermia.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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Shortly before her release from prison, Wang said authorities conducted unexplained blood tests and medical examinations.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Trump has gutted the Department of Justice’s arm that investigates local departments for possible civil rights abuses.—
Shoshana Walter,
Miami Herald,
11 May 2026
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The series investigates how three successful brothers ascended in the elite world of luxury real estate and private security in Miami and New York, all while harboring an extremely dark secret.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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“Retests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retests. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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