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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Logistical challenges, like mapping steep slopes, are resolved through iterative field trials, while the shift in team skill sets has empowered the human workforce to oversee fleets of robots rather than just drive tractors.
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Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
And once the technique was shown to work in laboratory studies and field trials in Australia and Indonesia, the World Mosquito Program was ready to attempt it at a grander scale.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 26 July 2025
During a real-world field trial at the Nogales, Arizona border crossing, the device detected trace amounts of several drugs, including fentanyl and cocaine, within seconds inside a Customs and Border Protection lab.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
The company is conducting field trials in Texas, and plans to drill its first full size geothermal boreholes by 2028.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
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Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
And once the technique was shown to work in laboratory studies and field trials in Australia and Indonesia, the World Mosquito Program was ready to attempt it at a grander scale.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 26 July 2025
During a real-world field trial at the Nogales, Arizona border crossing, the device detected trace amounts of several drugs, including fentanyl and cocaine, within seconds inside a Customs and Border Protection lab.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
The company is conducting field trials in Texas, and plans to drill its first full size geothermal boreholes by 2028.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
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“Field trial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20trial. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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