polygraph

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From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Polygraph exams are typically not admissible in court proceedings, but they are a standard hiring practice among federal law enforcement agencies and for national security clearances.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Polygraph protocols have evolved, but the devices’ detractors say they measure only anxiety, not truthfulness.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2023

Meanwhile, The Federal Employee Polygraph Protection Act prevents firms from putting job applications through a test.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2022

Polygraph, pol′i-graf, n. an instrument for multiplying copies of a writing: a collection of different books.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various