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exam

[ig-zam] / ɪgˈzæm /




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Liam, 17, says it feels like the exam board are "pulling down a ladder that helped students"

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Her apparent mistakes: glossing over her failure to pass the bar exam and then fumbling her first—highly abridged—news conference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

By Wednesday, reporting surfaced that Zacharia sat for the California bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine University’s law school in 2011, but did not pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, questions about her credentials took center stage, as she identified herself as a lawyer but in fact had never passed the bar exam.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Anytime I found my voice in class or nailed an exam, I quietly hoped it helped make a larger point.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

"I think about exams and not getting the right grades, which leads to not getting into the right course and then not getting into university, and it's very stressful," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

France's 10,000 medical students, however, are beginning to express concern at the effect any continued school blockades could have on exams starting Monday that help determine their eventual speciality.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

"What has been fabulous about exam boards in England is that people have been allowed to sit their exams over a long period of time, one question at a time."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: The best pet-wellness plans save you money on preventive care such as annual exams and vaccinations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It was the mainland school supervisor who had graded the exams who took time to write me a note of congratulations.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson


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