TESTED Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

tested 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of tested

as in tried

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verb

past tense of test

as in sampled

to put (something) to a test please test this sample for the presence of lead

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as in stretched

to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience

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Recent Examples of tested

Adjective

Each application is pre-tested and integrated into the platform to reduce deployment time and improve reliability for end users. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026 But summer back in New York, amid the fug of the city, requires a return to a tested and true formula. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 June 2025

Verb

Researchers at the University of Rochester tested 27 delta-8 vaporizer products from 10 brands. — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Bacteriophages have been tested as therapies for bacterial infections that are resistant to standard antibiotics. — ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tested

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Adjective

Bruno Mars is a tried and true hitmaker across multiple genres.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Short films are a tried and true launching pad for horror directors.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

Because every bottle of whiskey available at Jack Rose can be ordered, and is priced to be sampled, rather than ogled, the whiskey list at Jack Rose is ever changing.

— Don Tse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Hakim, a genre chameleon who has performed as a sideman for Adrianne Lenker, made a record with the jazz saxophonist Roy Nathanson, and been sampled by T-Pain, has also claimed minimalist icons Steve Reich and Terry Riley as influences.

— Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Definition of sampled

Verb

Meanwhile, Roten and her husband are stretched thin, putting renovations of what was supposed to be a starter home on hold.

— Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Howe redesigned the retreat for clients who bought it as a temporary escape while renovations to their Berkshire home stretched on far longer than expected.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of stretched

Adjective

The committee is tasked with analyzing and reviewing problematic conference papers and enhancing quality screening of articles prior to publication to detect integrity issues such as plagiarism and tortured phrases.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
This discovery stunned de Man’s colleagues and students, and was particularly traumatic for Derrida, who attempted a tortured but ultimately unconvincing reckoning with what his friend had written as a young man.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

Definition of tortured

Verb

Afterward, rescuers and a veterinary team from the University of California, Davis examined the horse and sedated it.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
However, no one had directly examined fully strained films thinner than about four nanometers using techniques capable of measuring both the motion and spin of electrons at the same time.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of examined

Verb

Five days before the deadline, the Digital Omnibus pushed them to December 2027.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
In Congress, Republicans aimed at Fauci more frequently and pushed the unproven theory that the coronavirus was created at a lab in Wuhan, China, instead of spreading from animal to human, as Fauci believed.

— Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of pushed

Adjective

Rumpled lengths ooze insouciance, radiating a can't-be-bothered energy that, for some, is far cooler than even the bounciest blowout.

— Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 4 July 2026
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as childhood pals turned hot and bothered frenemies having quite the torrid love affair as adults in a sumptuous and quite haughty bad romance.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 May 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

The oil shortage has pushed up worldwide crude prices, putting pressure on Japanese consumers already strained by the declining purchasing power of their currency.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
The uncertainty and her mother's inability to work have also strained the family's finances.

— Tania Francois, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

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