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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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.
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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
Cheng Hao, founder and CEO of Booster Robotics — the company that supplied the robot players at Saturday’s soccer tournament — said sports competitions are a testing ground for humanoid robots.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 June 2025
The magazine also became a testing ground for young writers interested in conservative ideas: George F. Will, David Brooks, Garry Wills, Joan Didion, and Michael Lind all appeared regularly in its pages.
—Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
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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
Cheng Hao, founder and CEO of Booster Robotics — the company that supplied the robot players at Saturday’s soccer tournament — said sports competitions are a testing ground for humanoid robots.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 June 2025
The magazine also became a testing ground for young writers interested in conservative ideas: George F. Will, David Brooks, Garry Wills, Joan Didion, and Michael Lind all appeared regularly in its pages.
—Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
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“Testing ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testing%20ground. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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