field-test
verb
field-tested; field-testing; field-tests
: to test (a procedure, a product, etc.) in actual situations reflecting intended use
field test
noun
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The researchers, from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, were field-testing a new approach to biodiversity monitoring, in this case to map insect life across different kinds of vegetation.
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Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025
In China, researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s School of Mechanical Engineering have begun field-testing a six-legged, English Bulldog–sized robot that can reportedly plan routes and navigate around traffic.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
But then pop music is really just endless cycles of unseen corporate overseers field-testing their hunches and schemes on a willing and unwitting public.
—Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
Their best content is peer-reviewed, field-tested, and team-owned.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Up your birding game with binoculars field-tested by T+L experts.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2025
Ukraine has already field-tested these systems in one of the most lethal modern conflicts in decades.
—Hunter Lacroix, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2025
The development process for the NHL Watch Comms App has been lengthy, and it’s been field-tested since last season.
—Carol Schram, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
To prepare for use in space where repair or replacement is not possible, we field-test these grippers and robots in analog extreme terrain on Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2019
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Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025
In China, researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s School of Mechanical Engineering have begun field-testing a six-legged, English Bulldog–sized robot that can reportedly plan routes and navigate around traffic.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
But then pop music is really just endless cycles of unseen corporate overseers field-testing their hunches and schemes on a willing and unwitting public.
—Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
Their best content is peer-reviewed, field-tested, and team-owned.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Up your birding game with binoculars field-tested by T+L experts.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2025
Ukraine has already field-tested these systems in one of the most lethal modern conflicts in decades.
—Hunter Lacroix, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2025
The development process for the NHL Watch Comms App has been lengthy, and it’s been field-tested since last season.
—Carol Schram, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
To prepare for use in space where repair or replacement is not possible, we field-test these grippers and robots in analog extreme terrain on Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2019
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“Field-test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field-test. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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