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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First-quarter earnings, now beginning to roll in, will be the first real stress test of whether corporate America’s supply chains and consumer spending have absorbed the blow—or are still absorbing it.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Detroit should win this series handily, but watching the Pistons’ offense (particularly their outside shooting) get a stress test will be interesting.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026
The Masters is the first major of the year, a high-stress test at Augusta National that requires full attention on just about every shot because of the razor-thin difference in the outcome.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Scaling production of the solid-state battery With validation of the material chemistry and passing preliminary safety stress tests, the A-sample provides the foundational green light needed to move toward vehicle integration and eventual mass production.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Detroit should win this series handily, but watching the Pistons’ offense (particularly their outside shooting) get a stress test will be interesting.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026
The Masters is the first major of the year, a high-stress test at Augusta National that requires full attention on just about every shot because of the razor-thin difference in the outcome.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Scaling production of the solid-state battery With validation of the material chemistry and passing preliminary safety stress tests, the A-sample provides the foundational green light needed to move toward vehicle integration and eventual mass production.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
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