Jack Ma

There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted.

Chinese Businessman

Lesley Sharp

What actors are involved in is a similar sort of psychological forensic examination of the characters they're playing. You try to have an idea about why somebody does what they do and you try not to be in judgmental about it. That is what psychologists and psychotherapists aim to do with their patients.

English Actress

Olivia Newton-John

Most women don't do regular breast self examinations, mainly because they are either intimidated by what they might find, or they're confused as to how to do the self exam correctly. 'Liv Aid' eliminates all of these concerns because it makes breast self exams easy to perform.

Musician

William Friedkin

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.

American Director

Jiddu Krishnamurti

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.

Indian Philosopher

Emma Goldman

On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.

Russian Activist

Jeremy Northam

There's so much of, it could have been a very critical examination of what happened, and really the emotional lives of the people involved sort of carry the characters forward.

English Actor

Herodotus

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.

Greek Historian

Errol Morris

The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.

Robert Motherwell

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

American Artist

Often used when talking about careful checks of objects or procedures.

Practical Context

Though common in healthcare, 'examination' applies to many other reviews.

Not Always Medical

Refers to formal tests in school or college on specific subjects.

Academic Tests

Can imply stress as students often worry about their performance.

Stressful Connotation

Emphasizes careful inspection or review, not a quick glance.

Detailed Observation

Can involve other senses or methods, depending on the context.

Not Just Visual

Specific to legal situations, involving formal questions and answers.

Legal Process

Highly structured and follows legal procedures and etiquette.

Courtroom Formality

 said that but to those of us that have seen them but you know I'm just absolutely blown away by this creature they are absolutely endearing like many dolphins the snub fins aren't used to humans and are easily scared away last week researchers used a skin sampling gun to retrieve a DNA sample from the dolphins for genetic examination the

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 it's a great pleasure and a great honor to be able to appear before you in examination with what is going wrong with our economy. The economy is now flat -- teetering on the brink of failure. Martin You were recently quoted in an article. You said, "I can say this with absolute certainty because I know how markets work."

How to build a company...

 one of his, I think, most important tactics, was that he knew that one of the ways to distract attention from the substance of the revelations would be to try and personalize the focus on him, and for that reason, he stayed out of the media. He tried not to ever have his personal life subject to examination,

Glenn Greenwald: Why...

 A week later, the patient would come back for a follow-up examination. Now, I'm aware that I should not be saying such things in front of an audience of scholars and scientists, but the truth is, of all the people who visited my grandmother for their skin conditions,

The politics of fiction...

 with a six year-old. No matter, she was just delighted to be in school. She rocketed to the top of her class. She stayed at the top of her class through elementary school, middle school, and then in high school, she scored brilliantly on the national examinations

Sheryl WuDunn: Our...

 Even if the boys were to be rescued from themselves, what kind of world would they be returning to? With so few references to anchor the characters in a specific place or period, the novel feels truly timeless— an examination of human nature at its most bare.

Why should you read...

 often revitalized by the very system that was built and to seek and protect justice one of the first things that happens after a rape is a three to seven hour long examination it's called a rape kit for short and it's critical evidence

Re-writing laws to help...

 where there was one monolithic state covering a fifth of humanity, and anyone with any ambition had to pass one standardized examination, which took three days and was very difficult and involved memorizing vast numbers of characters

Niall Ferguson: The 6...

 They should be diagnostic. They should help. If I go for a medical examination, I want some standardized tests. I do. I want to know what my cholesterol level is compared to everybody else's on a standard scale.

How to escape...

 seabed it's thought this behavior might protect sea pens from predators and this may be the first time that evidence has been captured to confirm it close examination of the time-lapse clip shows a yellow

Examination

A detailed check or review of something.

Often appears as...

A test of someone's knowledge or skill in a particular subject.

Often appears as...

A close study or observation of a subject or object.

Often appears as...

In law, a formal questioning of a witness or accused person.

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