field trial
noun
1
: a trial of sporting dogs in actual performance
2
: a trial of a new product in actual situations for which it is intended
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The first field trials are expected to start later this year, after a risk assessment.
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Using Broadcom’s design, Scientific Atlanta built 2,000 cable boxes for the Orlando field trial.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
The Senate proposal also calls for field trials that combine grove management, therapeutic tools and disease-resistant varieties of fruit for new plantings and the rehabilitation of existing trees.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
The recent field trial on Reddit—where AI comments changed minds six times the human rate—underscores just how urgent these safeguards are.
—Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Using Broadcom’s design, Scientific Atlanta built 2,000 cable boxes for the Orlando field trial.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
The Senate proposal also calls for field trials that combine grove management, therapeutic tools and disease-resistant varieties of fruit for new plantings and the rehabilitation of existing trees.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
The recent field trial on Reddit—where AI comments changed minds six times the human rate—underscores just how urgent these safeguards are.
—Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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“Field trial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20trial. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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