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[ig-zam] / ɪgˈzæm /




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History exam and was terminated that same month.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

For the next three years, he studied hours a day for the exam that would whittle down the applicants.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Since the protests, authorities have attempted to appease the nation's youth, with the parliament hiking penalties for leaking exam papers.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Jewellery, cash or first cars: Do rewards boost exam grades?

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

I take a seat on the exam room table.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

The College Board, for instance, fully integrated the free digital-graphing tool Desmos directly into its digital SAT in 2024, and followed up by doing so with calculator-based AP exams this spring.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

But the New York Regents exams still expect students to have physical calculators, which has limited the ability for schools to go fully digital.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

When Promise Okoro walked out of his final degree exams earlier this month, he fully expected the usual end-of-term celebrations.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday his government would provide free online coaching lessons for competitive exams, weeks after massive youth-led protests forced the education minister to resign.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

One day toward the end of his senior year, my dad came home from final exams and his father announced that he had found him a bride.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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