How to Use proctor in a Sentence

proctor

noun
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  • Judges and proctors make sure all work is done by the students.
    — Mary Salatino, Aurora Beacon-News, 9 June 2017
  • About halfway through the testing, Tina got a call from the proctors.
    — AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
  • The program launched in March 2018 and allows teens to take the test online while their parents serve as the proctor.
    — Alexa Fuenmayor, azcentral, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The children were still wearing their jackets when the proctor began the clock.
    — New York Times, 5 May 2021
  • The test proctor kindly tried to put me at ease and then glanced at her computer — her eyes widened.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The cost for the test includes a proctor to help walk the patient through the test and a mobile app that can display the outcome, an eMed spokesman says.
    — Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The tests will be administered in a school or a test center with a proctor present.
    — NBC News, 25 Jan. 2022
  • In the second, David rises up the social ladder to become a proctor of law.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Looks like [my daughter’s high school] wants to provide own proctor.
    — Bridget Read, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2019
  • The process included live video guidance from a proctor.
    — Washington Post, 29 July 2021
  • At-home coronavirus testing kits use a virtual proctor to guide the patient through the test.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The proctor picks three people from the list and asks you to describe how two of them are similar to each other and different from the third person.
    — Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2018
  • Chief proctor Waseem Ahmed Khan confirmed that the police did not have permission to enter Jamia.
    — Mohd Nazeef Khan, Quartz India, 15 Dec. 2019
  • The $25 test can also be done from home, but requires a prescription and virtual telehealth proctor to watch the process.
    — Matthew Vann, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Singer, who has pleaded guilty, was accused of bribing a test proctor to correct the teenager's answer.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Singer, the test administrator and the proctor have all pleaded guilty to their roles and await sentencing.
    — Fox News, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The other students went through the typical interview format, in which they were asked to solve the problem out loud with a proctor present.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Our fellow pod-dad had stepped in as proctor, helping each kid navigate the workload.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The new process, Sagaria said, is intended to add transparency and mitigate any impressions of favoritism or bias on the part of the proctor.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Singer, who has pleaded guilty, allegedly bribed a test proctor to correct the teenager’s answers.
    — Collin Binkley, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Singer, who has pleaded guilty, allegedly bribed a test proctor to correct the teenager's answers.
    — Collin Binkley, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The would-be proctor has pleaded guilty to working for Singer and the school’s director recently announced the he, too, will plead guilty to taking payments from Singer.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
  • There is no better test of those skills than playoff basketball, and no more exacting proctor than the Warriors.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 18 May 2018
  • Singer then arranged for cheating on Huffman’s daughter’s SAT test by having a proctor correct the teen’s answers after the fact.
    — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Vista takes the tests very seriously, using proctors or observing test-takers by video to make sure no one cheats.
    — Laura Cooper, WSJ, 9 July 2018
  • The league could turn the test-taking into a couple days worth of programming, at least, with a B-list celebrity host/proctor and an uncomfortable amount of game show shtick.
    — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Babu had been working as a proctor at the campus’s testing center, which remained open through last Saturday.
    — María Méndez, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Unlike in-clinic or at-home tests that are proctored by health care providers, at-home antigen tests don’t require a proctor to interpret results.
    — Maddie Bender, STAT, 15 Oct. 2021
  • These are the workers who conduct study sessions, offer crunch-time tutoring, read term papers, and proctor and grade exams.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • There will also be volunteers on hand serving as role players, proctors and evaluators.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2024

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