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Verb
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Oklou shares the same melodic grace in her wandering arpeggios, and the spectral balearic timewarp of Torus’ Summer of Love samples Stockholm’s own Eric Prydz.—
Nathan Evans,
Pitchfork,
12 May 2026 -
Then, instead of measuring everything, the protocol samples only a small fraction of the copies.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Initial tests suggested the outbreak may not involve the Ebola Zaire strain, which was responsible for Congo’s devastating 2018-2020 epidemic that killed more than 1,000 people.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Once there, the astronauts will attempt to dock the capsule with a lunar lander vehicle and perform a series of other tests designed to assess the agency’s readiness to attempt a human moon landing.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Jobs’ ‘beer test’ may sound unserious compared to today’s increasingly popular Myers-Briggs assessments and 90-minute exams.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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While many colleges and universities are in finals now, Washington will not have its end-of-term exams until early June.—
Erick Mendoza,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Nystrom researches the draft tirelessly, keeping a spreadsheet of data (ages, game stats, hand widths) on nearly two thousand players, and publicly ranks his top five hundred—nearly twice as many as will actually be drafted.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Mullerat says Martin deeply researches neighborhoods and their history, turns out time and again to speak with residents, often making significant changes to projects in response, and looks for ways to improve the surroundings beyond his building footprint.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
Noun
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After initial examinations, authorities determined the 29-year-old woman died of hyperthermia.—
Alexandra Koch , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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Following initial examinations, the medical examiner determined that the female victim, a 29-year-old from Mexico, died of hyperthermia.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Romance scams happen so frequently that the FBI has a special unit that investigates them.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
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The latest movie, Hannah, a baker turned amateur detective investigates the murder of a key witness in a high-profile forgery case, and the disappearance of the lead prosecutor in the case.—
Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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“Retests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retests. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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