trial run

noun

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Workers also assembled the parts in a trial run, verifying that every component matches the blueprints. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Green promised other changes as well, but cautioned fans not to take them as anything more than trial runs. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

The first trial run for the AI tool also comes as the FAA has been grappling with a decades-long shortage of air traffic controllers after President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 controllers in 1981. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026

After a few spontaneous trial runs, Demi Moore may just be developing a penchant for short hair. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trial run

• begun
• grandson
• gudrun
• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun
• pashtun
• redone
• rerun
• shotgun
• someone