test-drive

noun

Definition of test-drivenext
as in trial run

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for test-drive
  1. trial run
  2. checkout
  3. observation
  4. watch
  5. surveillance
  6. reinspection
  7. perusal
  8. research
Noun
  • Dublin, Ohio, gave a robot cop a trial run inside a public parking garage.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • Living with Gonzalez and her daughter was the first trial run.
    — Kayla Levy, Curbed, 25 June 2026
Definition of trial run
Noun
  • Users who download the Caesars Rewards app gain access to exclusive user offers, reward tracking, and an express checkout option that’s quick and easy.
    — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 July 2026
  • Instead of ending the customer relationship at checkout, rental platforms create an ongoing conversation long after the transaction is complete.
    — Angela Chan-Danisi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of checkout
Noun
  • About 200,000 such observations, spanning July 2022 to June 2025, formed the dataset the team used to measure Earth’s frame dragging.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • Since the law first gained recognition, numerous other laws and observations similar to Murphy’s law have been put forth that apply to a variety of situations.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
Definition of observation
Noun
  • Over the next two decades, records are few, most of them noting criminal convictions for fighting in bars, stealing a watch, deserting a whaling ship, and beating his wife.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • For a neighborhood-style atmosphere semifinal watch party, The Brightside is a small bar that really packs a punch.
    — Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of watch
Noun
  • Robinson’s parents had confronted him after authorities released a surveillance photo of the suspect and details about the rifle, authorities have said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • Better detection and rising clinician awareness probably explain much of the jump, though surveillance data alone cannot rule out changes in incidence or exposure.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of surveillance
Noun
  • Food preparation in affected areas was stopped until the health department conducted a reinspection.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2026
  • Reopened later that same day after a reinspection found no violations.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of reinspection
Noun
  • Beyond Bart’s Books, downtown Ojai has dozens more unique shops for your perusal.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
  • The language switch has done nothing to lessen its global appeal, as a quick perusal of the YouTube comments suggests, though there are some jokes Jakubović acknowledges would be inscrutable outside Bosnia.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 June 2026
Definition of perusal
Noun
  • Changes in the brain The research team looked at many measures of impact, including questionnaires, clinical assessments and brain scans.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
  • Other research pointed in the same direction, and by 2008, Falk and other exercise physiologists were arguing against the status-quo assumption that kids had some major natural deficits in thermoregulation.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
Definition of research
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