The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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People with self-reported low intelligence quotients describe struggling with self-esteem issues and romantic hardships.
From Salon β Dec. 28, 2024
As a result of these revisions, the single diagnosis would encompass the entire spectrum, from nonverbal, intellectually challenged people to those with high intelligence quotients and mild social challenges.
From Slate β May 14, 2018
Lead can cause permanent damage to children's development and lead to lower intelligence quotients.
From Los Angeles Times β May 10, 2016
To stay competitive, owners of older, dumber structures are retrofitting them, bringing in computers and sensors and tearing out walls and ceilings to install the wiring necessary to raise their building intelligence quotients.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was planning to publish a paper about the effects of Dad’s teaching methods on our intelligence quotients.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
