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tested

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verb

past tense of test

Example Sentences

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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
If Dart is to miss time, this new Giants regime will be tested to keep their lofty expectations afloat because, after watching what occurred on both sides of the ball, there’s certainly work to do. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Alabama’s National Carbon Capture Center has tested technologies from developers in several countries. — Akshaya Jha, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tested
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tested
Adjective
  • But first, the premiere settles the audience into a tried and true cop drama with power struggles over jurisdiction, a local militia led by a man with his own agenda, and a suspect who literally blows the case wide open.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Short films are a tried and true launching pad for horror directors.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • In one Gaza City neighborhood sampled, 22% of buildings were at risk of imminent collapse.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Water ecologists have sampled cooling towers in the affected area.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Tropical-storm-force winds stretched up to 125 miles from the eye of the storm.
    — MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The place looks like a château stretched to king-size American SUV proportions.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • But this leads to secrets revealed, lies told and tortured confrontations, not just with others but most intensely with himself.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Wuthering Heights In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte presents a world of conflicts, frictions between families, passions, and attachments—especially those of Catherine Earnshaw and the tortured Heathcliff—across an untamed landscape.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The work examined heat, radiation, residual gases and changes in the catalyst materials after testing.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The research, published in the scientific journal Microbial Cell, examined the effect of caffeine on fission yeast cells.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • They’re not pushed to build real characters, rather than embody safe versions of how people already see them.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Buckingham Palace has forcefully pushed back against the allegation.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Admittedly, viewers on the festival circuit, like those in Locarno where this debuted, and folks who might catch it on streamers or in niche distribution are unlikely to be very bothered about the film’s lack of impartiality.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • The relationship between the mayor and City Council in College Park has been strained for years.
    — Reed Williams, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Lacking life detection equipment, the workers strained to hear their cries.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Tested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tested. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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