IQ
IQ
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i.q.
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abbreviation
IQ
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British
abbreviation
i.q.
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British
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iq
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Etymology
Origin of IQ1
First recorded in 1960–65
Origin of i.q.2
From Latin idem quod
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IQ made them more convinced they were right.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
When hiring, Kindersley says she looks for people with "equal EQ as IQ", valuing emotional intelligence alongside ability.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
It follows then that Riordan’s football IQ has made an impression with coaches early on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
On average, rates for insurance written by the largest California auto insurers have climbed more than 30% since 2022, according to S&P Capital IQ.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
And, critically, it is a kind of intelligence separate from the sort of analytical ability measured by IQ.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Those who emigrated in early years to other countries mostly adopted their fathers' names with the suffix of vitch as a family name; for instance Markovitch, Gregorovitch, i.q.
From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob Robinson
The cheeks were bloodless and fallen iq, the lips pinched, and in the eyes there shone that unnatural brilliancy which results from an over-wrought and over-excited brain.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
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