trial run

noun

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Examples: trial run in a Sentence

Definition of trial run

: a testing exercise : experiment

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Examples of trial run in a Sentence

They will put the software through many trial runs before putting it on the market.
We will have to give the machine a trial run.

Recent Examples of trial run from the Web

This was basically a trial run for a November ballot initiative aimed at repealing the gas tax, which Republicans hope will be their big turnout generator, in Orange County and elsewhere.

— ed kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "California Democrats Did Well, But Not Perfectly, in Primary," 6 June 2018
The Ambulance Service of Manchester - along with the Manchester police and fire departments - performed home safety inspections in 30 of the homes as a trial run.

— quoron walker, Courant Community, "Rebuilding Together Grows," 29 May 2018
Pedal Spin Studio owner Cindy Bell apologized to city officials for conducting a trial run at 1111 Foothill Blvd.

— sara cardine, latimes.com, "Indoor cycling studio gears up for reopening after use permit gets green light," 10 May 2018
The city of Orlando has become one of the program’s biggest clients — hiring 110 GoodSource workers — after a 2016 trial run led to an expansion a year later.

— kate santich, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Goodwill job program for homeless claims success," 19 Apr. 2018
The library's board president, Jared Weber, says the changes may start with a trial run on a few subjects over the summer and expand to the rest of the library if patrons like the new system.

— Fox News, "Iowa library shifts policy after outcry over LGBT materials," 21 Mar. 2018
Slattery said that a standard NYC restaurant would likely have 15–30 comprehensive questions that gives management an idea of how much someone learns in a two-week trial run and what their weaknesses are.

— alyse whitney, Bon Appetit, "How ‘Sweetbitter’ Compares to Real Fine-Dining Restaurant Training," 10 May 2018
By the end of her first week, Tess lands on her feet with a trial run as a back waiter at a top restaurant in Union Square.

— refinery29.com, "Sweetbitter Premiere: Welcome To New York," 7 May 2018
That served as a sort of trial run for the current permit, which took about a year to obtain, according to Lynch.

— blane bachelor, Outside Online, "Mammoth Opens Its Bike Park to E-MTBs," 2 May 2018

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