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as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
always eager to put everything down, my boyfriend had to be a quiz and make fun of the actors and costumes in our local theater troupe's latest production
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as in exam
a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence
according to the magazine's marriage quiz, the chances that we'll have a 10th wedding anniversary are just about nil
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as in character
a person of odd or whimsical habits
even by House of Lords standards, the cross-dressing earl was considered quite a quiz
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as in to ask
to put a question or questions to
quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class
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as in to question
to put a series of questions to
hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements
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Recent Examples of quiz
Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Without further ado, here’s the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Aug. 24 to 30.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
The actors quizzed each other in a Vanity Fair game posted on YouTube.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Coursera courses can incorporate quizzes.
—Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Without further ado, here’s the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Aug. 24 to 30.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
The new show sequestered contestants for 90 days in upstate New York and quizzed them on whether news headlines were real or fake.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
The actors quizzed each other in a Vanity Fair game posted on YouTube.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quiz
Noun
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The quirky tease came on the heels of Doja making her debut as a Global Ambassador for MAC.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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During the conversation, the Universal leader gave just a tease at what’s to come in the years ahead.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This shifts the conversation from an exam to a dialogue about needs.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In China, students must pass a highly competitive national postgraduate entrance exam and then study for at least two years before landing a master’s degree.—
Joyce Jiang,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Indeed, the only character from The Office that actually carried over into the new series is Oscar, who serves as the lead accountant for Softees but gets dragooned into reporting and constructing Sudokus for the paper.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Instead, deaf viewers see unsynchronized plain white text on a black background and it is left to their imagination to infer those rich and nuanced character tomes essential for storytelling that hearing audiences take for granted.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ahead of Kirk's visit to Utah Valley University, some students started an online petition asking university administrators to stop him from coming.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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When asked by a reporter for more details about how Trump planned to ban mail-in ballots, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the administration planned to work with Republicans on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, local authorities later said the individual had been questioned and released.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Republican and Democratic lawmakers questioned the tactics after the earlier strike.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In a test setting, the fluid enabled a battery pack to be charged from 10% to 80% capacity in under ten minutes.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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For decades, sovereign citizens largely flew under the radar in Australia as relatively harmless eccentrics with a special interest in conspiracy theories.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Both sides have also carried out arbitrary detentions, with SAF interrogating and beating dozens of Christians in 2024 and 2025.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In the hours after the shooting, authorities detained two people, including one interrogated by law enforcement.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Quiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiz. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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