Thesaurus / assay
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We’ve gone andproliferated dozens of different assays, which in this case is basically more confusing than helpful.
SPIT VS. SWAB? SCIENTISTS SAY NEW STUDIES SUPPORT USE OF ‘SALIVA TESTS’ FOR COVIDLEE CLIFFORDSEPTEMBER 5, 2020FORTUNEMany of the same issues that bedevil comparing neutralizing antibody assays, apply equally to assays for T-cell responses.
SCIENTISTS TO WALL STREET: YOU DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW COVID VACCINE TESTS WORKJEREMY KAHNAUGUST 24, 2020FORTUNESo far, each vaccine candidate has been tested using a different procedure—known as an assay— conducted in different labs.
SCIENTISTS TO WALL STREET: YOU DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW COVID VACCINE TESTS WORKJEREMY KAHNAUGUST 24, 2020FORTUNEThe issue of standardized antiboday assays is further complicated by the fact that different types of assays may be needed.
SCIENTISTS TO WALL STREET: YOU DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW COVID VACCINE TESTS WORKJEREMY KAHNAUGUST 24, 2020FORTUNESuch antibody assays in mid-April indicated that close to one-in-eight people who had been tested in New York State had antibodies to the new coronavirus.
MILLIONS OF LIKELY U.S. COVID-19 CASES HAVE GONE UNDIAGNOSEDTINA HESMAN SAEYJULY 6, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSTo determine the denominator for that calculation, “we need national random samples with a large sample size with antibody assays to determine who has been infected,” he said.
WHY SOUTH ASIA’S COVID-19 NUMBERS ARE SO LOW (FOR NOW)PUJA CHANGOIWALAJUNE 23, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINETwenty baskets of it were obtained by the said miners to assay and investigate its nature, and determine what it might be.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSOn being fused with twenty-three libras of lead, nothing was obtained from the said assay.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSThence were taken fifteen baskets of gravel and dirt, which has the color of coal, in order to assay it.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSCash looked up from studying the last assay report of the Burro Lode, and his look was not pleasant.
CABIN FEVERB. M. BOWERWORDS RELATED TO ASSAY
- appraise
- assay
- assess
- canvass
- case
- check
- check out
- check over
- check up
- contemplate
- estimate
- evaluate
- examine
- give the once-over
- inspect
- look over
- look upon
- measure
- observe
- overlook
- oversee
- plan
- plot
- prospect
- rate
- read
- reconnoiter
- research
- review
- scan
- scope
- set at
- size
- size up
- stake out
- study
- summarize
- superintend
- supervise
- test the waters
- valuate
- value
- view
- analyze
- assay
- assess
- check
- confirm
- demonstrate
- experiment
- experimentalize
- give a tryout
- inquire
- investigate
- look into
- make a trial run
- match up
- prove
- prove out
- put to the test
- question
- run idea by someone
- run it up a flagpole
- see how it flies
- see how wind blows
- send up a balloon
- shake down
- stack up
- substantiate
- try
- try on
- try on for size
- try out
- validate
- verify
- analyzes
- assays
- assesses
- checks
- confirms
- demonstrates
- experimentalizes
- experiments
- gives a tryout
- inquires
- investigates
- looks into
- makes a trial runs
- matches up
- proves
- proves out
- puts to the test
- questions
- runs idea by someone
- runs it up a flagpole
- sees how it flies
- sees how wind blows
- sends up a balloon
- shakes down
- stacks up
- substantiates
- tries
- tries on
- tries on for size
- tries out
- validates
- verifies
- R and D
- analysis
- assay
- attempt
- audition
- check
- crack
- dry run
- effort
- endeavor
- essay
- examination
- experience
- experiment
- experimentation
- fling
- go
- hassle
- investigation
- lick
- probation
- proof
- research and development
- shakedown
- shot
- showcase
- stab
- striving
- struggle
- test run
- testing
- trial and error
- trial run
- try
- tryout
- undertaking
- venture
- whack
- workout
- aims
- aspires
- attacks
- bears down
- chip away at
- competes
- contends
- contests
- does one's best
- drives for
- endeavors
- essays
- exerts oneself
- goes after
- goes all out
- goes for
- has a crack
- has a go
- has a shot
- has a stab
- has a whack
- knocks oneself out
- labors
- lifts a finger
- makes a bid
- makes a pass at
- makes an attempt
- makes an effort
- proposes
- puts oneself out
- risks
- seeks
- shoots for
- speculates
- strives
- struggles
- tackles
- undertakes
- ventures
- vies for
- works
- wrangles
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