stress test
noun
: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)
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Now comes the biggest stress test to date on the biggest stage yet.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Engineers frame the dance not as entertainment, but as a rigorous systems-level stress test, signaling progress toward humanoid robots capable of complex real-world tasks alongside humans.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
The stadium project will dwarf the price tags of those 23 projects combined — functioning as a high-stakes stress test for an incentive tool that carries a controversial reputation.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2026
What followed was a real-world stress test that Waymo’s technology failed.
—Ira Goldstein, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Engineers frame the dance not as entertainment, but as a rigorous systems-level stress test, signaling progress toward humanoid robots capable of complex real-world tasks alongside humans.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
The stadium project will dwarf the price tags of those 23 projects combined — functioning as a high-stakes stress test for an incentive tool that carries a controversial reputation.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2026
What followed was a real-world stress test that Waymo’s technology failed.
—Ira Goldstein, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Stress test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stress%20test. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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