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IQ
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IQ
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i.q.
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Etymology
Origin of IQ1
First recorded in 1960–65
Origin of i.q.2
From Latin idem quod
Example Sentences
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I have always been in awe of LeBron’s athleticism and basketball IQ.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
The company has said the IQ predictions are limited in accuracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
She said that he was "not considered to have a learning disability because his IQ assessment scored just four points above the qualifying threshhold of 70."
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
It is not designed to measure intelligence, IQ or academic ability.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
Perhaps more important, parents with higher IQs tend to get more education, and IQ is strongly hereditary.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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 Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob
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 Lever, Charles James
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