testing ground

noun

1

: a place where machines, vehicles, etc., are tested to see if they are working correctly

a testing ground for weapons

2

: a place or situation in which new ideas, methods, etc., can be tried

Her class served as a testing ground for new teaching methods.

Examples of testing ground in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The future vertiport will connect to Kelly Field, and both Perschbach and Xu see the airfield’s mix of civil, commercial and military aircraft as a unique testing ground for the technologies. —Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026

The testing ground of Penpont also generates ideas that Goldsworthy translates into large-scale permanent works in distant locations. —Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026

Orange County’s 30,000-acre mystery industry site may turn out to be an aircraft testing ground, an electronics research center or even a washing machine factory. —Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026

Moving tapes and CDs through record stores, DJ gigs, car shows and street sales, Swishahouse evolved into a label, a promotional platform and a testing ground for Houston’s talent that was a response to (and often conflicted with) DJ Screw’s rise on the southside of Houston. —Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026

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