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
  • Red mesh iron bookshelves and traditional Italian kitchen towels suspended like airy curtains from the ceiling add to the quirky interior.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Kirk capitalized on the widening gap to position himself as a conservative cultural authority on traditional values and religion.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The norm is for ancient dugouts found in southern Florida to be linked to ancestors of the Calusa, the Seminole or the Miccosukee, according to the Florida Division of Historical Resources.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists can analyze these ancient samples to infer ocean temperature, sea ice cover or levels of atmospheric gases at different moments across thousands of years.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Logging later resumed under an archaic mandate and approval processes that a past Cal Fire director and others say still violates key laws such as CEQA and works at cross purposes to the missions of other agencies.
    John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But Vermont, unfortunately, has a lot of archaic politics that allow a lot of abuse of wildlife.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Time-tested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time-tested. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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