1
: found good, faithful, or trustworthy through experience or testing
a tried recipe
2
: subjected to trials or distress
a kind but much-tried father
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a tried and trusted friend
a tried method for catching sport fish
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These are the tried and tested reasons why many of our customers continue to return to Crockett & Jones time and again, and repeat business remains the foundation of our company's strength.
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Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
The tried and tested awards run route for the picture will most likely be Neon, which acquired North American rights earlier this week.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 May 2025
Astrophotographers used a tried and tested technique: framing foreground objects in front of the moon and zooming in on both subjects using a long lens.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 May 2025
The Aztecs went from a team that had six freshmen or sophomores in the rotation to one that could field a lineup with a junior, a fourth-year junior, a fifth-year senior and two sixth-year seniors, returning to SDSU’s tried and true formula of getting old and staying old.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
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Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
The tried and tested awards run route for the picture will most likely be Neon, which acquired North American rights earlier this week.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 May 2025
Astrophotographers used a tried and tested technique: framing foreground objects in front of the moon and zooming in on both subjects using a long lens.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 May 2025
The Aztecs went from a team that had six freshmen or sophomores in the rotation to one that could field a lineup with a junior, a fourth-year junior, a fifth-year senior and two sixth-year seniors, returning to SDSU’s tried and true formula of getting old and staying old.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
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“Tried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tried. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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