time-tested

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Recent Examples of time-tested The publication also said its formula has been time-tested, challenged and approved for centuries. Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Most of all, Washington must make clear that the U.S. nuclear umbrella—a crucial and time-tested deterrent to Russian aggression—remains in place. Michael E. O’Hanlon, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025 The style rules that rankle conservatives are nested among thousands of Stylebook directives about punctuation and grammar, most of them time-tested and innocuous — capitalization, commas and company names. Marc Caputo, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025 Not every improvement will make a difference — or is worth the cost — but there are some that Travelers Insurance identified that are time-tested and proven to help. Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 3 Feb. 2025 There's no stopping the clock, but these ingredients are time-tested and science-backed in order to restore a smooth, firm look. Jenny Berg, Allure, 24 Jan. 2025 While effective and time-tested, these methods are limited by human memory and data-processing capacity; not because of a lack of expertise, but because human brains are naturally limited in handling large datasets. Andrei Kasyanau, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 In that workshop, artisans, craftspeople and mechanics were assembling vehicles, new and old, using modern and time-tested techniques. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 Its rituals have been fine-tuned and time-tested to respond to human needs. Sigal Samuel, Vox, 20 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time-tested
Adjective
  • Other times, the mob leaned on more traditional crime tactics — robbery, extortion and assault, including a punch to one victim’s face — to force the card players to pay.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Tight ends fiercely preserve their own history and the nuances of their position, preferring peer-to-peer coaching to more traditional coach/player dynamics.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Then, in the thirteenth century, refinements to an ancient technology, the compass, led to its widespread adoption by sailors.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • At the time that the cut was identified, researchers proposed that the mark proved that First Peoples butchered ancient megafauna.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Also, archaic Scottish word for brave.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps, the time has come to go beyond archaic political loyalties and engage issues on the basis of evidence, merit, and truth, not short-term political expediency.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Time-tested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time-tested. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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