How to Use field-test in a Sentence

field-test

verb

• This new suit also appears to be just the latest in Russian attempts to field-test new equipment without prolonged testing or refinement.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
• To prepare for use in space where repair or replacement is not possible, we field-test these grippers and robots in analog extreme terrain on Earth.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2019
• This cuts out months of waiting for prototypes to arrive from Asia, helping to keep new designs on the cutting edge of innovation while still rigorously field-tested.
  — Jakob Schiller, Outside, 16 Feb. 2026
• Atom Power’s technology, which has been field-tested in the EV industry, is now being repackaged to fit the data center boom.
  — Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
• But mission personnel are making the most of the maneuver, using it not only to adjust the spacecraft’s trajectory but also to field-test its instruments and gather some unique science data.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
• Portable, immediate, and accurate The portable system has already been field-tested in ocean environments, proving its reliability outside the lab.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
• China has field-tested an intelligent robotic mining vehicle at a depth of 2,000 meters (6,561 feet) in the western Pacific Ocean.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
• It was field-tested by Kurtis Jantz, a barbecue expert with 20 years of experience in Caribbean, European and New Orleans cuisine.
  — New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2026
• Military officers have said Russia appears to be field-testing the new drones in limited quantities, suggesting the Kremlin has not yet scaled production to the levels reached with the Geran-2, which Russian factories now produce by the thousands each month.
  — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
• Data regulators in the European Union are currently probing privacy concerns with Meta’s glasses and have suggested that Meta may not have properly field-tested the LED light to ensure that the public would understand its safety functionality.
  — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026