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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actually tests" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that something is genuinely or truly testing something, often in a context where there may be doubt or misunderstanding about the nature of the tests.
Example: "The new software update actually tests the system's performance under various conditions."
Alternatives: "truly evaluates" or "genuinely assesses".
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That is particularly true where, as here, the advocates of an idea are better off if nobody actually tests it.
The first question is whether a test actually tests for things that we want students to know.
So what exactly do test scores tell us? …The first question is whether a test actually tests for things that we want students to know.
The new rules extend to validity testing two safeguards that already protect a worker who actually tests positive for any of five illegal drugs: cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, marijuana and PCP.
"If North Korea actually tests South Korea's resolve, it will put South Korea in a very tough spot," said Kim Il-young, a North Korea specialist at Seoul's Sungkyunkwan University.
On The Stone, a Times forum for contemporary philosophy, Gary Gutting asks What Do Test Scores Tell Us? "The first question," he writes, "is whether a test actually tests for things that we want students to know".
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How can we actually test this idea?
The Army actually tested that years ago.
And I've actually tested this.
"What do they actually test anyway?
(I have actually tested that proposition).
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