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exams

noun

plural of exam

as in tests

a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence the exam will cover everything we have studied this term

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Recent Examples of exams Washington state could require genital exams for girls in school athletics. — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026 Its main target was leaks of national exams, including the test that sorts India’s would-be doctors. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 The movement was formed in May 2026 to protest the government’s cancellation of medical school entrance exams and after India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant likened unemployed youth to cockroaches. — Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026 Doctors consider factors like symptom history, specific patterns in MRIs of the brain and spinal cord, neurological exams and eye, blood and spinal fluid testing to piece together what’s happening. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026 Instead, diagnosis requires a comprehensive evaluation that may include neurological exams, MRI scans and laboratory testing. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 For female models, those examinations include speculum and manual pelvic exams, along with breast exams. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Services include dental exams, cleanings, fillings, extractions and root canals, along with hearing evaluations and free hearing aids. — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 For millions of young people, the stakes in these exams are high. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026

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For all its tests, the company builds realistic simulated environments, red teams these environments itself and with third parties to see whether they can be escaped, and monitors what agents do.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Now, students qualify for a lottery according to their performance on standardized tests.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

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Specialists must evaluate a patient's symptoms, medical history, neurological examinations and imaging results to determine whether the disease is present.

— Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Jean also said at least a dozen children underwent medical examinations and that Osbeck lacked the documentation required to operate an orphanage.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

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