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as in sampled
to put (something) to a test
please test this sample for the presence of lead
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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
Lindsay Gutierrez, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
But beyond those elite few prospects, why would coaches play or pay freshmen instead of the veterans, the tested and proven Division I players, now available in what amounts to forever free agency?
—Cj Moore, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025
California health officials tested a can of the powdered formula that was fed to a baby who fell ill.
—CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
The End Kidney Deaths Act finally offers a tested and reasonable solution.
—Lindsay Gutierrez, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
But beyond those elite few prospects, why would coaches play or pay freshmen instead of the veterans, the tested and proven Division I players, now available in what amounts to forever free agency?
—Cj Moore, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
Verb
Until now, however, this second hypothesis had never been tested under realistic laboratory conditions.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025
California health officials tested a can of the powdered formula that was fed to a baby who fell ill.
—CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tested
Adjective
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There is simply no reason to tolerate mass murder by terrorists when a tried and true pattern of limited intervention can stop it.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Rodrik concedes that there is no tried and tested formula to achieve this.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Sellers on marketplaces like Amazon and Etsy even created bathwater-scented candles inspired by the movie, which Elordi sampled during a January 2024 appearance on The Tonight Show.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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He’s previously worked with them on sketches and sampled their work on his album More Life.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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At the port, narrow wooden docks stretched over the river, lined with vendors selling hammocks, bottled water, sacks of rice, and mosquito repellent.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The attosecond pulses stretched only slightly from 90 to 96 attoseconds.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The film is a more quiet, wintry contemplation and tortured soul-searching.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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As a result, many legends are connected to its violent past, and its dungeon, in particular, is said to be haunted by tortured souls.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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To understand what makes the mRNA shots special, the researchers examined blood and tissue samples and found that the COVID shots appeared to activate the innate immune system — a fundamental, early-warning defense mechanism that alerts other parts of the immune system to prepare for an attack.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Their study shows that while some planets are destroyed during the early post-main sequence phase, Earth is likely safer than the close-in giant planets examined.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Mussolini’s invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 and subsequent need for military support from Germany pushed Italy into a closer alliance with Hitler that, in turn, led to the imposition of anti-Jewish legislation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Offered only via the David’s Bridal site, the archival White by Vera Wang archival collection is being pushed out to shoppers via the retailer’s social media, site and email newsletters among other avenues.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The current spat comes during a year when Japan-China relations are already strained, in part because of Tokyo’s colonial and war-time past.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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Their bond is strained both by the vagaries of politics and by the slow stirring of Arthur’s conscience.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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So what exactly got the studio so hot and bothered?—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
7 Oct. 2025
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Despite his status as a pop culture icon for close to 50 years now, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic has claimed he’s not terribly bothered about being overlooked by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Tested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tested. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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