Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An examination or contest that qualifies one to advance to the next level of accomplishment or competition.
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- noun usually in the plural Qualifying exam. An exam taken by someone (usually a
grad student or prospectivegrad student ) to measure their mastery in something, usually an academic field.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A topic that is arcane or difficult will receive fewer edits and will vary more wildly in quality, from extremely good to completely wrong.
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To my mind, the best general statistic governing Wikipedia is the variance in quality as determined by the popularity of the topic.
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But it should aspire to the same kind of quality that critics like Pauline Kael and Robert Christgau established.
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Because I think there are two completely different lines of defense employed for the two parameters (even though I’d call the quality argument a subset of the social harm argument).
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Paguei com um cartão de uma conta da qual não sou titular, mas como sou branco, gordinho, fofinho bonitinho, jamais pensariam que eu roubei o cartão para comprar meia dúzia de produtos de limpeza.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Bloggers on why there is still racism in the country 2009
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Mas, qual a justificativa para tirar o “blog” do ar?
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Judicial decisions, a growing threat to online freedom 2009
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Agora a indignação é você ainda crer que o governo, justiça, polícia ou seja qual for a instituição Estatal reguladora de poder, visa atender o povo!!!!
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Outrage at violent São Paulo eviction 2009
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Se até o presidente da Casa achava certo favorecer os seus, qual a chance de isso vir a acontecer?
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Fly me to the moon with public money 2009
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E qual e a pena de prisão dos que andam a aliciar as menores para a prostituição?
Global Voices in English » East Timor: Thoughts on Abortion A Few Days Before Law Approval 2009
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E que as pessoas deviam lembrar de dizer FORA para qualquer político na hora de elegê-los, naquele processo democrático pelo qual passamos periodicamente chamado ELEIÇÕES.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Digital mob demands the Senate President’s resignation 2009
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