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

This could have been a trial run for a more permanent handoff of power. — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

In a trial run in May 2024, the city installed the tech on two of its parking vehicles. — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

America’s first steam locomotive, the Stourbridge Lion, made its trial run. — USA Today, 21 July 2026

Google reportedly currently views Frozen v2 partly as a trial run and does not plan to produce it at the same scale as its TPUs. — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 20 July 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