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Recent Examples of trial run
This battle over definition had gone through a trial run just a few weeks earlier.
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
New ideas may get trial runs in spring training, but an innovation can’t just help a few players.
—John Cairney, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Getting ideas, doing trial runs and scaling it to apply to the whole house has made progress very slow.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
The 26-year-old has already had a trial run at the captaincy.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
New ideas may get trial runs in spring training, but an innovation can’t just help a few players.
—John Cairney, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Getting ideas, doing trial runs and scaling it to apply to the whole house has made progress very slow.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
The 26-year-old has already had a trial run at the captaincy.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial run
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Each installment was a chance for a new joke, a new observation—about fashion, dating, public restrooms, artistic pretensions, being mistaken for a man—in an era when popular depictions of lesbian experience were rare.—
Charlie Tyson,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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Summer is prime time for backyard birdwatching, and Costco has just the thing to elevate your observation game.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
4 June 2025
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The irony is that it is accepted that the tabloids found in the grocery store checkout aisle are often made-up or greatly exaggerated.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Major brands including DoorDash, Starbucks and Ticketmaster now accept Venmo at checkout, a move that further integrates the app into daily consumer spending.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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The two limited-edition watches include the men’s Rainbow Mosaic, a clear multi-function watch with a rainbow face, and the Rainbow Logo, a women’s clear analog watch with a rainbow double G logo.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 June 2025
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Harmon highlights Angel Studios’ innovative payment system for filmmakers, which is based on watch time for a film or show per month on the Angel Studios platform as a percentage of the entire watch time for all the content available.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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Atlantic City police said surveillance video first led them to the 57-year-old suspect, who was allegedly seen on video walking through the city trying to sell the instruments.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
6 June 2025
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Trending Stories On Wednesday morning, a forensic video expert told jurors that the infamous hotel surveillance video showing Combs slamming Ventura to the ground and kicking and dragging her in the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in 2016 was not manually doctored.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
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Automated services cost money but save you time, handle rechecks and can catch new listings faster.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 May 2025
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If teams receive good news during his medical rechecks, there’s still a chance he’s selected on day one of the draft.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2025
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An official who works at a research university on the East Coast 🎓 Chilling effect: Schools are scrambling to assess the impact of the Trump administration’s order pausing new visa interviews for international students.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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The company also offers extensive vulnerability research guidelines, which is good.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2025
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Here’s the group, sorted by their walk rate over at FanGraphs, for your perusal.—
Eno Sarris,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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That data is transmitted to a nearby computer or smartphone, where it's recorded for subsequent perusal by a physician.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
18 Feb. 2025
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The public and private sectors must keep funding and extending collaboration in the rapidly changing landscape with research and development and exploration in order to solve the numerous issues that lie ahead and enhance our quality of life and safety.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The film’s blend of humor, supernatural elements and folklore struck a chord with audiences, paving the way for further exploration of the genre.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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“Trial run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20run. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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