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exam

[ig-zam] / ɪgˈzæm /




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Despite those recommendations, the researchers say blood pressure is frequently checked while patients sit on an exam table with little or no support for their arms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Though the state’s public universities still don’t use scores from the SAT and the similar ACT exam in admissions, they do use the exams as one factor in determining course placement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

As part of a routine eye exam, ophthalmologists assess the eye’s cup-to-disc ratio.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

“Primetime” isn’t a film so much as it is a final exam testing what we’ve learned over the last 20 years.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

We’d be more OK on time if she’d scraped her hair into a ponytail and skipped the makeup, but that’s a useless thought to have when we’re less than thirty minutes out from exam time.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Since then, AI has passed bar exams and medical licensing exams, which says more about these outdated tests than the inadequacy of humans, perhaps a sign of an antiquated education system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Key exams were postponed and students were allowed to go home.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

In other words, are they actually taking notes and exams in a college classroom like the rest of us had to do?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

A 2026 Public Policy Institute of California survey found that districts used 24 different assessments, along with other exams and report cards, to satisfy the basic-skills requirement among fifth-graders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

She talked about the exams she had to take, various steps meaning various things that Ifemelu did not understand.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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