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Recent Examples of trial and error
Finally, developing an AI system that works well involves a lot of trial and error.
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Turgay Ayer, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
There’s a lot of trial and error in determining the right protocols, such as figuring out the correct rate of freezing and other steps.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
A lot of this job is trial and error, just to find the right path that suits the ground.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 July 2025
This is the basic idea behind reinforcement learning: training a model via trial and error.
—ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
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Turgay Ayer, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
There’s a lot of trial and error in determining the right protocols, such as figuring out the correct rate of freezing and other steps.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
A lot of this job is trial and error, just to find the right path that suits the ground.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 July 2025
This is the basic idea behind reinforcement learning: training a model via trial and error.
—ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial and error
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Many scouts were concerned by Cooper’s score of 11 on the 50-question Wonderlic test.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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While the former Boise Young Rider Development Squad members are going wheel to wheel against the best in the world in Europe, the next generation of BYRDS cyclists put their skills to the test at the 38th annual criterium on Saturday in downtown Boise.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
20 July 2025
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Doing real-time experiments like this in the wild can teach us a lot about our kids and ourselves as parents.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
25 July 2025
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So far, his team conducted tagging experiments with the sharks in May, with some success.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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The Green Bay Packers held their first training camp practice on Wednesday, a non-padded workout that lasted roughly 90 minutes.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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But when Smart’s agent called him after a workout to let Smart know that Doncic reached out, Smart brushed it off.—
Khobi Price,
Oc Register,
23 July 2025
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Iron Mountain has identified several key information management practices that every organization should implement to drive superior AI outcomes.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The team ended practice while medical officials were administering to Matos, who was on the field and surrounded by teammates for more than 10 minutes before being airlifted to a hospital.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 July 2025
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Perhaps a rough night at rehearsals for the chronically employable actor, or, more likely, with them out of school, a long morning with the kids — five in total, three of whom are with Eberstein, two of whom were authored by Grant and his ex-partner, Tinglan Hong?—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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SpaceX posted the new launch date on X Saturday evening, the day after the flight rehearsal test.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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And so billionaire philanthropy is an exercise of power and deserves skepticism rather than gratitude.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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Much of their work takes place before extreme weather hits, with tabletop simulations, relationship building exercises and other activities designed to foster close working relationships between weather forecasters, emergency managers and local leaders.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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Many trials are designed specifically for people at the beginning of their treatment journey.—
Sonali Bloom,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Cash Out, born John Gibson, was found guilty on Friday in his Atlanta trial.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
21 July 2025
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The publication last year of an essay authored by then-NPR business editor Uri Berliner critical of the network's coverage only reinforced the notion, providing ammunition to NPR's detractors.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
18 July 2025
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The health update comes about six years after Taylor shared that her dad had previously had cancer in an essay written for Elle.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
16 July 2025
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“Trial and error.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20and%20error. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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