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.
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Without this testing ground, Google can’t iterate quickly on AI search improvements or seamlessly integrate new AI capabilities.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed Senate Bill 2 into law, turning Texas into the latest testing ground for a dangerous experiment that has already failed elsewhere and now threatens the future of public education, not just here, but across the nation.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Trump’s use of Los Angeles as a testing ground to demonstrate raw presidential power has shown his team just how much a unitary executive can get away with.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Lai watched as four of the tanks fired individually, in pairs, and as a group at a testing ground south of Taipei on the second day of the 10-day Han Kuang exercises – Taiwan’s longest ever.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed Senate Bill 2 into law, turning Texas into the latest testing ground for a dangerous experiment that has already failed elsewhere and now threatens the future of public education, not just here, but across the nation.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Trump’s use of Los Angeles as a testing ground to demonstrate raw presidential power has shown his team just how much a unitary executive can get away with.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Lai watched as four of the tanks fired individually, in pairs, and as a group at a testing ground south of Taipei on the second day of the 10-day Han Kuang exercises – Taiwan’s longest ever.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
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“Testing ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testing%20ground. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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