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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
Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Test your knowledge of the Impressionists with a quiz.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2024
Order a Chinese wine, like a biodynamic Silver Heights Chardonnay from Ningxia, and quiz the sommelier on this growing grape-growing region.
—Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
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Noun
This quiz will tell you who to root for to win (or lose) it all
The sport has come a long way from the days when the votes of sportswriters and coaches would — often unsatisfyingly — settle debates about who is No. 1.
—Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Test your knowledge of the Impressionists with a quiz.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
The episode’s host, John Mulaney, played a news junkie who was quizzed about the more obscure 2024 general-election players, such as Special Counsel Jack Smith.
—Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2024
Order a Chinese wine, like a biodynamic Silver Heights Chardonnay from Ningxia, and quiz the sommelier on this growing grape-growing region.
—Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
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Montreal Canadiens, 24-20-4 Last week: 15 Sean’s ranking: 17 Dom’s ranking: 17 The Canadiens are one of the league’s hottest teams, a tease of better things to come.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Warren, who writes songs but never sings them publicly, nevertheless gave Gaga a little vocal tease of her ideas.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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Just 43% of students across all public school campuses in the city limits scored on grade level in reading on last year’s STAAR exam, according to an analysis of state test data released in August by the Fort Worth Education Partnership.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Jan. 2025
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What would be done about approaching Advanced Placement exams?—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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In the film, Moore's character is fired from her fitness show at age 50 after being deemed too old.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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There’s just no telling how far the Moana 2 cast will go to perfectly capture their characters.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
27 Jan. 2025
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During the news conference, several people described how the fires had affected their families and asked public officials to hold oil companies to account.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Then leaders ask their stakeholders about behaviors they are expected to change or demonstrate to confirm their improvement (i.e., for discipline, appear 10 minutes before the meeting starts).—
Dominik Szot,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Senate Committees are set to question six of Donald Trump’s top appointees over their priorities and positions on issues of war, spycraft, electric cars and more.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Williams’ health struggles first came to light in 2017, when a fainting spell in the middle of a live broadcast caused many to begin questioning her health.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
16 Jan. 2025
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Rocket Lab leadership touted the company's track record with these types of test launches.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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One clear goal emerged: to make better use of the farm to stage ideas, test design strategies, educate collaborators, and build community.—
Sara James Mnookin,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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My dedication, to help the waifs and strays and eccentrics of the music world together, continues to this day.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2024
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Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
20 Dec. 2024
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Orange County Public Schools said in a memo that administrators can't prevent immigration officers from showing up to interrogate or arrest students, per the Orlando Sentinel.—
Yacob Reyes,
Axios,
24 Jan. 2025
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Breaking the rules sent Peter behind bars where he was interrogated before given a second chance by his boss Catherine to become a double agent, just like his traitor father.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Quiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiz. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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