Thesaurus results for TESTS

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noun

plural of test

as in experiments

a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty will need to run some tests on the blood sample to rule out blood poisoning

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as in exams

a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence applicants for the cashier's position must first take a simple math test

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verb

present tense third-person singular of test

as in samples

to put (something) to a test please test this sample for the presence of lead

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as in tries

to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience

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Initial tests suggested the outbreak may not involve the Ebola Zaire strain, which was responsible for Congo’s devastating 2018-2020 epidemic that killed more than 1,000 people. —

Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026 Once there, the astronauts will attempt to dock the capsule with a lunar lander vehicle and perform a series of other tests designed to assess the agency’s readiness to attempt a human moon landing. —

Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 May 2026 Meanwhile, Hester has been privately dealing with mental lapses and throbbing headaches, refraining from telling her family about the medical tests her doctor ordered. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 This is why providers may recommend preventive medications before surgery, imaging tests with contrast dye, or even minor procedures. —

Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 15 May 2026 See photos of SpaceX's Starship megarocket What happened on previous Starship flight tests? —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 May 2026 In the study, people who drank between two and three daily cups of coffee or one or two cups of tea had lower subjective cognitive decline and performed better on cognitive tests. —

Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 15 May 2026 Consequently, blood and urine tests in affected cats usually show elevated levels of creatinine, urea, phosphorus, and other metabolites. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026 Parkinson on Friday revealed that the soil tests were positive for remains. —

Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026

Verb

Jim tests positive and, much to his horror, sees his abs winking out of existence one by one. —

Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026 Giannis tests their comprehension of their circumstance and their resolve for championship glory. —

Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 16 May 2026 An independent witness that continuously tests whether an endpoint or link still behaves as a lawful projection of deeper structure. —

Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 Counterfactual durability tests whether harm would occur anyway through unregulated substitutes. —

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026 When Allure tests a product, our editors look at it from every angle in an effort to best serve you. —

Kara Nesvig, Allure, 14 May 2026 Reading test scores have been falling since 2013 for eighth-graders and 2015 for fourth-graders — well before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also called the Nation’s Report Card, which tests a sample of students from across the country. —

Sharon Lurye, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 The third-party certifying body administers random testing throughout the growing process and tests each product that arrives at the company’s New Jersey warehouse before it is released to stores, according to the website. —

Itzel Luna, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 Analysts said the increasing public convergence between Washington and Tshisekedi’s government may further embolden the Congolese leader domestically, particularly as his coalition tests public opinion around constitutional reform and future succession debates. —

Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 8 May 2026

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Science highlights among the cargo are experiments named ODYSSEY (Outcomes of microbial Dynamics during Spaceflight and in SimulatEd microgravity), STORIE (Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution) and SPARK (Spleen Activity in Space Anemia and Red Cells Kinetics).

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026
One of the latest experiments showed how exploiting signals from both Starlink and OneWeb satellites could improve ship navigation accuracy off the west coast of Greenland in the Arctic, meaning that the technique could probably work nearly anywhere on Earth.

— Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026