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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
Ash Reynolds, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Kate's comments were aimed at promoting the BBC online resource Tiny Happy People, which includes films, tips and quizzes designed to encourage the development of language in preschool children.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Jenni Reid, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
Harrison is a notorious nutrition devotee and will occasionally begin conversations by quizzing friends on their health habits.
—C. Clark, M. Vorkunov and F. Katz, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Test your knowledge of the week in news, and take last week’s quiz here.
—Ash Reynolds, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Kate's comments were aimed at promoting the BBC online resource Tiny Happy People, which includes films, tips and quizzes designed to encourage the development of language in preschool children.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
While this week’s ECB rate move is near guaranteed, several key questions remain that its president, Christine Lagarde, will likely be quizzed on during her post-announcement press conference — and many of those relate to the U.S. and its new leader.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
Harrison is a notorious nutrition devotee and will occasionally begin conversations by quizzing friends on their health habits.
—C. Clark, M. Vorkunov and F. Katz, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quiz
Noun
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Scott, who has been prolific as a TV producer but not as an episodic director, delivers a tease of a pilot.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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The restoration team, led by longtime Dye disciple Tim Liddy, literally dug up the past, hand-excavating original contours, stripping and reshaping greens, and bringing back Dye’s signature elements—from punishing bunkers with steep grass faces to greens that tease and torment in equal measure.—
David Hochman,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Healthcare providers use exams, imaging tests, and biopsies to diagnose ovarian cancer.—
Julie Scott, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP,
Verywell Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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These are the sections used to measure your score on the exam.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Tartaglia voices multiple characters in the series.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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That’s not to mention the sheer psychological toll that slipping through the timestream or reliving events can have on a character’s psyche.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Rolling Stone was also asked by CNN to comment on the audio’s authenticity.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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Ivy Nile Chad Gable hit the ring in a full suit and Michael Cole, who still believes Chad Gable was under the Lucha mask last week, asked Gable where his Lucha mask was.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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O’Connell can’t afford to see his leadership questioned Rodgers knows how to play the interview game.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Angela questions before May decides to just delete Instagram.—
Nicole Fell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Diagnostic tests helped identify who was infected with the virus to track its spread in communities and guide treatment decisions.—
Bernadette Boden Albala,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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There'll be all kinds of new educational tests for him along the way, and that will also challenge his relationship with Luthen and everyone else.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rachel does a great job conveying such collective endeavors and group dreaming, the whole circumference of people who support bands: friends of friends, drop-of-a-hat designers, stopgap agents, stall owners, dealers, grandparents with record collections, eccentrics without portfolios.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Would love to know what these career eccentrics make of the pomp and pageantry of the Grammys.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But the thing that the film genuinely interrogates is such an important problem to interrogate, and journalists play, if not the most important part, one of the most important parts in public discourse.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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The fiction writer must craft lies to probe and interrogate the essence of truth and reality.—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Quiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiz. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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