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adjective

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as in tried

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verb

past tense of test
1
as in sampled
to put (something) to a test please test this sample for the presence of lead

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2
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
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 The End Kidney Deaths Act finally offers a tested and reasonable solution. — Lindsay Gutierrez, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
Verb
Researchers tested whether the virtual homes worked A virtual room can look realistic to a person and still behave poorly during robot training. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026 Justin Call, Modovolo’s CEO and co-founder, said the company tested numerous high-performance materials before selecting Lyten’s filament. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tested
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tested
  1. tried
  2. sampled
  3. stretched
  4. tortured
  5. examined
  6. pushed
  7. bothered
  8. strained
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
  • In a press briefing Monday, FDA officials explained that the test result was from lettuce sampled at the border that was not included in Taylor Farms’ recall.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
  • On May 28, Johnson received results finding that the DNA profile sampled from one of Brown’s soda bottles could not be excluded as the contributor of the male blood from the victim’s nightgown, the detective wrote.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
Definition of sampled
Verb
  • The two-run advantage was stretched further in the fourth inning.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • Heat indexes well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) stretched from Minnesota down to Mississippi, extending west into southern California and Nevada.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
Definition of stretched
Adjective
  • Natalie Portman famously saw a twisted version of herself in mirrors as part of her Oscar-winning performance as a tortured ballerina in Black Swan.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2026
  • Rewatching it now, the series feels almost artisanal in its toughness, a time capsule from an era when TV detectives didn’t need tortured backstories or prestige-drama monologues to command the screen.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
Definition of tortured
Verb
  • That’s according to an analysis released by the Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), a progressive advocacy group, which examined Federal Election Commission data through March 1.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • The effectiveness of conducting screening interviews via AI rather than a person is still being examined and preparing for these requires learning a new skill.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of examined
Verb
  • President Joe Biden successfully pushed to move South Carolin a to the front of Democrats' 2024 calendar after the state revived his struggling 2020 presidential campaign.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • Why the Navy is investing in counter-UUV capability The proliferation of UUVs among potential adversaries has pushed undersea autonomous threat response up the Navies priority list.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 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
  • Wars and geopolitical tensions can disrupt shipping, energy supplies and agricultural inputs, increasing costs across food systems already strained by inflation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • Alphabet reportedly plans to deploy the chip by 2028 to ease an internal shortage of AI computing power that has strained its operations and forced Google Cloud to turn away customers.
    — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
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