Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for proctor. Search instead for proctolo.
Definitions

proctor

[prok-ter] / ˈprɒk tər /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

When applying for a contract job at Mercor, applicants and former workers said they sat for a recorded interview with an unseen AI proctor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Tuesday — 15 minutes ahead of his 10 a.m. remote exam — Drelinger said the testing platform crashed when a proctor logged on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune also admitted to paying Singer $100,000 to have a proctor correct her two daughters’ ACT exam answers.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2023

The proctor administering an exam in his pre-calc class this spring leaned in and whispered, “What are you doing here?” as Beyer handed in his test.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022

Her proctor had more information about the program, he told Cora, and was available to talk about any concern.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Princeton just revised its 133-year-old honor code to require exam proctors because cheating has become so temptingly easy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Kayla and Kellie had turned in test papers with what the proctors deemed unusual similarities.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022

All suspicious behavior is now reviewed by one of the company’s approximately 1,300 proctors, most of whom are based abroad in cheaper labor markets.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2022

At its core, Honorlock taps into students’ webcams during tests and uses AI to alert remote human proctors of any suspicious activity, such as if a student takes out their phone during an exam.

From The Verge ● Feb. 16, 2022

One of the proctors interrupted them, an older woman named Roberta who often coordinated with the Placement Office.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

She has proctored teen courts at Dorsey and Hamilton high schools and last year received the peer-bestowed Gideon felony attorney of the year award.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Since then, I’ve used only work done in a proctored environment in computing my students’ grades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Dr. Radhakrishnan, 33, was going through a similar process, proctored by his father, using the same website.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2022

Both Detect and Cue offer proctored tests on a video call, which give you verified results and easy documentation for traveling.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022

We drove to a larger town in search of Wi-Fi so I could take a medical school exam proctored on Zoom.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2022

Some classes have started reintroducing proctoring - the supervision of candidates during an examination - and spoken-word tests to avoid cheating, she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

For more than a century, Princeton University prided itself on an honor code so revered that proctoring during exams was banned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

As the pandemic winds down, and test takers can gather in person again, the remote proctoring industry may soon be in lower demand and face far less scrutiny.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2022

Other test proctoring tools have been criticized as well, especially as schools and instructors struggled with implementing at-home testing-taking in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

From The Verge ● Feb. 16, 2022

One very important college duty, the proctoring of examinations, which would seem to be an entirely legitimate function of the Student Government Association, the students themselves have not as yet been willing to assume.

From The Story of Wellesley by Florence Converse


Vocabulary lists containing proctor

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training