trial and error

Examples of trial and error in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Our mother figures and friends can serve as the best sources of inspiration for beauty tips and tricks, thanks to many years of trial and error. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2024 Many years of trial and error have revealed that such wide swaths are best applied while the map is still two-dimensional. Tom Weijand, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2024 One tool now shortening the distance between trial and error is the computer. John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024 This provides the training fodder for a second algorithm to learn, through trial and error, how to find proofs that can be confirmed as correct. Will Knight, WIRED, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for trial and error 

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“Trial and error.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20and%20error. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.

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