exam
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Definition of exam
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Examples of exam in a Sentence
Your final exam will count for half of the semester's grade.
the exam will cover everything we have studied this term
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Or maybe crinkling paper, sorting a thimble collection, or pretending to give the viewer an ear exam? — Craig Richard, BostonGlobe.com, "The blissful and bizarre world of ASMR," 16 Aug. 2019 Last week, Hellickson got an MRI exam on his neck for his own peace of mind. — Sam Fortier, baltimoresun.com, "Former Oriole Jeremy Hellickson not mentioned as fifth starter for Nationals, even as he mounts a comeback," 3 Aug. 2019 An exam found bruising and signs of trauma on her body, the report said. — Allie Morris, ExpressNews.com, "Texas counterterrorism chief fired after arrest on sex assault charge," 31 July 2019 Honold had done everything right—calling the police immediately, coming to the hospital for an exam. — Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic, "The Campus Rapist Hiding in Plain Sight," 15 July 2019 Laura Hamilton, director of the Center for Social and Emotional Learning Research at RAND Corporation, said there isn’t enough evidence to be sure that demonstrating competency on an exam is equivalent to completing a course. — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, "Adams 12 alternative school offers career tests as alternative way to graduate," 8 June 2019 And in text messages discovered on Esformes’ phone, the men discussed how one of Esformes’ sons had performed on his college entrance exams. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, "FBI found clues to college admissions scandal years earlier in massive Medicare fraud case," 26 July 2019 Running entered the picture again in 1998 as cross-training for my black-belt exam. — Andrea Pitzer, Outside Online, "I (Kinda) Hate Running," 9 July 2019 The former Alabama chief justice released parts of his polygraph exam to AL.com in January. — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al.com, "Roy Moore ‘likely failed’ polygraph test, Corfman says," 1 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exam.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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exam
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