trial run

noun

Synonyms of trial runnext
: a testing exercise : experiment

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.
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Redwood wants to restart one of the two bottling lines soon, and is doing trial runs for its two canning lines. Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026 Safe Streets, a division of MONSE, said all employees also go through a background check and then a trial run working in community intervention before they are hired. Tara Lynch, CBS News, 9 June 2026 The first step in 2022’s trial run was to lower a collector more than two miles deep to the bottom of the sea. Harry Stevens, New York Times, 3 June 2026 Before being laid out on the White House lawn, it was assembled and de-assambled in Warwick Township, Pennsylvania, during what officials called a trial run. Mike Stunson, USA Today, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for trial run

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trial run was in 1903

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“Trial run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20run. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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