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Recent Examples of trial and error
There have been expensive product mistakes and lots of trial and error with brushes, clips, hair dryers….
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Liz Krieger, Allure, 15 Apr. 2025
This strategy is, in part, born out of trial and error.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
As with pretty much any option of cocktail, the choice is as simple as trial and error and trusting your local brewer.
—Essence, 7 Apr. 2025
The only way to truly get your size spot-on is through good old trial and error.
—Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
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Liz Krieger, Allure, 15 Apr. 2025
This strategy is, in part, born out of trial and error.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
As with pretty much any option of cocktail, the choice is as simple as trial and error and trusting your local brewer.
—Essence, 7 Apr. 2025
The only way to truly get your size spot-on is through good old trial and error.
—Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial and error
Noun
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In late 2024, OpenAI’s o3 model indicated significantly stronger performance than any previous model on a number of the field’s most challenging tests of programming, abstract reasoning, and scientific reasoning.—
Yoshua Bengio,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Other results on water and soil tests are expected this month.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2025
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And in an experiment that has been tracking seeds of 91 California native plant species since 1947, many seeds lost the ability to sprout in the first several decades, says Christina Walters, a seed biologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture who is curating the study.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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An experiment by a shower head manufacturer puts this sentiment to the test.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The worst ones require a full upper-body workout just to season your eggs.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Part of the brand’s popular Wunder Train family, this style is designed for high-intensity workouts, with an adjustable inner drawstring that keeps them in place during squats.—
Renee Cherry,
Glamour,
28 Apr. 2025
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Related article South Korean architects look to the past in their push to modernize The film illustrates the subtle politics of Suh’s practice.—
Megan Williams,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Shamanism, anthropologist Manvir Singh’s debut, traces the evolution of the titular spiritual practice.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
1 May 2025
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The night before the Rio concert, the pop star surprised beachgoers on Copacabana by taking the stage for a rehearsal.—
Christopher Ulloa,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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During a rehearsal in New Mexico on Oct. 21, 2021, Baldwin’s gun discharged a live bullet, killing 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.—
Jane Onyanga-Omara,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Outside of Washington, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s followers appear to be scrambling the country's stubborn red-blue divide USA TODAY Texas is looking at bills to bring back exercise.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Seeing Tristen accept both his mother’s request to stay in the game and the responsibility of leading his team to victory gives the ridiculous exercise that is Restaurant Wars a whole different weight.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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This has created a sense of urgency to not only fill open roles but fill them with workers who are ready and willing to tackle the industry’s next generation of trials and demands.—
Jim Pauley,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The prosecution laid out two main reasons for opposing the expert testimony, days before the trial is set to begin.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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After Susy died suddenly in 1896, Twain wrote an essay, quoted at length by Chernow, about the sick trickery of the Almighty.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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The fashion designer spoke with the New York Times after Diller’s essay was published in New York.—
James Factora,
Them.,
7 May 2025
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“Trial and error.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20and%20error. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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