trial run

noun

: a testing exercise : experiment

Examples of trial run in a Sentence

They will put the software through many trial runs before putting it on the market.

We will have to give the machine a trial run.

Recent Examples on the Web

The trial runs only through 2027 as federal officials gather data and debate longer-term coverage, offering life-changing relief for some older Americans while leaving others facing steep costs and uncertainty. — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Dublin, Ohio, gave a robot cop a trial run inside a public parking garage. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026

Living with Gonzalez and her daughter was the first trial run. — Kayla Levy, Curbed, 25 June 2026

The Fujian carrier first sailed through the narrow body of water separating China and Taiwan in a trial run last September. — ABC News, 23 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trial run

• begun
• grandson
• gudrun
• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun
• pashtun
• redone
• rerun
• shotgun
• someone