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exam

[ig-zam] / ɪgˈzæm /




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Cap bearing the badge of the Indian Police Service, the highest-trained level of police officers who must pass the Indian civil service exam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Two decades later, I sat in an exam room with a new gynecologist, answering routine questions: Age of first period.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

After graduating in 2007, he joined a tutoring agency in Beijing that helps university students prepare for the national graduate entrance exam.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

In the Tacoma area, Curtis has passed his initial firefighting exam and is currently interviewing with area fire departments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

On July 20, in the midst of an enervating heat wave in Austria, he traveled from Brno to Vienna to take the oral part of the exam.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee