retests 1 of 2

plural of retest

retests

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of retest

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for retests
Verb
  • The strange clip, released on the actor’s social media pages, is set to a thumping electronic score that samples Jason Mewes’ monologue from the 2001 film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • As One of Us gleefully samples multiple registers—comic, tragic, satiric, elegiac, poetic—its mesh of archaic and contemporary styles becomes something quite arresting, a joy to read … Chaon’s beautiful novel insists on answers.
    Book Marks September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nweeia eventually connected the dots between the Inuit’s observation and his own research, field tests, and scientific theories.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The researchers then drew a statistical connection between the timing of the flashes with the dates of above-ground nuclear weapons tests and anecdotal reports of UFOs.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Following the death of founding KISS guitarist Ace Frehley last Thursday at age 74, the Morris County, New Jersey medical examiner’s office is conducting a series of exams to determine the rocker’s cause of death.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
  • However, officials earlier this year canceled a round of foreign-service applications and exams, suggesting there may have been a buildup of demand.
    Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Private vendors also have been working on such apps, said Jennifer Wagner, who researches Medicaid eligibility and enrollment at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
    Rae Ellen Bichell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • As the narrator, a professor separated from his wife, obsessively researches the death, his investigation fuels his parenting and relationship woes and leads him into a thicket of conspiracy theories.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Fake sales accounts, other Wells Fargo scandals From 2013 to 2016, the comptroller’s office said that Russ Anderson failed to provide information or provided false, incomplete or misleading information during compliance examinations in 2015.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Initial examinations of the ruins reveal that the site experienced several distinct stages of construction and growth.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Floodlight is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action.
    Ames Alexander, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Retests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retests. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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