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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Tara Larson, Footwear News, 27 Nov. 2025
Vionic Uptown Loafers These popular Vionic loafers are a tried and true shoe for Travel + Leisure editors.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
There is simply no reason to tolerate mass murder by terrorists when a tried and true pattern of limited intervention can stop it.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Rodrik concedes that there is no tried and tested formula to achieve this.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Tried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tried. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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