How to Use test in a Sentence

test

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  • The students will all be tested again at the end of the school year.
  • The school nurse will be testing students' hearing next week.
  • She tested positive for the disease.
  • Weekly quizzes will test your understanding of the material.
  • The water gets tested regularly.
  • Yet over the past year, signs have emerged that it may again be tested in court.
    — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But that confidence could be tested by the end of this term.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The 74-minute flight time of the latest missile is a few minutes longer than those tested in March and April.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN, 12 July 2023
  • This recipe was not tested by the Southern Living Test Kitchen.
    — Lucy Buffett, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
  • That’s likely just a fraction of the real count: Most wild birds, of course, are not tested.
    — Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The researchers also tested how these bots might heal wounds.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The sets were tested both in our Des Moines, Iowa, testing lab and at home for several months.
    — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The Clippers are going to test that twofold even if Durant returns.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Make sure to test the lock before inserting your AirTag.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Part of the reluctance was due to worry that the vaccine had been rolled out too quickly, that it hadn’t been tested enough.
    — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Right now, the vibrating pill has only been tested in pigs.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The case, which could drag on for months and whose outcome is far from clear, is likely to test the country’s institutions and the rule of law.
    — Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • This sale will further test the demand for these jewels.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • James will continue to be tested to see if his sight can be restored.
    — Jon Lapook, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Other options use chemicals that bind to VOCs to isolate and test them.
    — Starre Vartan, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
  • The system is being tested at the Aruk Mitajiri store in Hofu city.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 4 Aug. 2023
  • So something has to give, and what builders are doing now is testing the market and asking what is going to work.
    — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • But that depth has been tested by injury issues throughout the season.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The pill was not tested in women who were breastfeeding their babies.
    — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The chain is testing a new membership program for families and chose San Diego for the pilot.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
  • This visit grew out of a routine call to Lotus of North America to arrange for an Esprit to test.
    — Mike Knepper, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
  • New users can test out the full YouTube TV experience for 20 minutes without putting in a credit card.
    — Kelly Laffey, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But there weren’t enough workers available to fully test the spacecraft’s software in time.
    — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023
  • TikTok started testing the feature in the U.S. in August 2022.
    — Elias Leight, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The Men's Health gear team continually tests all the latest grilling products in order to find the best ones every guy should have in their kitchen.
    — John Thompson, menshealth.com, 13 May 2023
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test

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  • The in-field test site was set up for 10 months in the canals.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In the heyday of the 1990s, kids did their eye tests at school.
    — Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Our tests proved this as the skillet heated amongst the most even.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In Thursday's test, however, the plan was for both to land in the ocean.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
  • When the software’s written and checked, the team takes it into test area of the SIL at Marshall.
    — Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • And in one test, the team achieved the same with human hair that had been grafted onto mice.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • Stafford left the sideline for tests in the locker room and returned with his right hand taped.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Looking forward to all that SpaceX learns, to the next flight test—and beyond.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But the first two test flights ended in explosions in 2023.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
  • It will be viewed as a test of how the war is being conducted.
    — NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Apollo 1 The first test flight in the Apollo program ended in tragedy.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Your healthcare provider will decide to do this test based on the results of your blood test.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 15 Apr. 2023
  • For now, Martín-Gómez and colleagues are sticking to test rooms and buildings.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Cons Two of the three food cooking tests yielded greasy results.
    — Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Use this easy test: Hold a square of toilet paper up to the fan cover while the fan is running.
    — Christina Poletto, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023
  • If the Las Vegas test is a success, it may be deployed to more airports in the future.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • An old test for the disease, called the Nikolsky test, was to rub the normal-appearing skin next to the blisters.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • If the professor doesn’t write their own question, doesn’t change the question, gives you a take home test.
    — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 12 July 2023
  • Households will be able to request a free test starting Sept. 25.
    — Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Permits will last for one year with the option for renewal at the end of the test period.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The law calls for using a screening test for young students, starting this fall.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Preliminary tests gave the highest score to the toll lane option.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • And Launcher acquired the company's lease on a test site in Mojave.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 May 2023
  • This Lands’ End Down Coat earned high scores during our test in comfort, warmth, and value.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Not all bonds survive the test of time or change, and even the best friendships can go through fallow periods.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • During all of the tests, images of people’s faces were blurred and data was kept for a maximum of 14 days.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The news of his positive test led to the discovery by the public that Rodgers had not been vaccinated.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • On our own real-world 75-mph highway range test, both Ioniqs fell short of their EPA ratings.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The gun found inside the silver sedan was later linked to the killing through a test by the Kansas City Crime Lab, according to court documents.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2024
  • In screening, his score in a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test had been climbing for a couple of years.
    — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024

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