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done or used for a long time and proved to be effective
These time-tested methods have worked for farmers for hundreds of years.
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Recent Examples of time-tested
The publication also said its formula has been time-tested, challenged and approved for centuries.
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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
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
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Current challenges Building Electric Road Systems (ERS) is significantly more expensive than traditional highway construction.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Some suggest this is because climate change is interfering with the flowering and pollination of some of the animals’ traditional sources of food.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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However, Thailand does not recognize the ICJ’s jurisdiction and claims that some areas along the border were never fully demarcated, including the sites of several ancient temples.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Its Mars-like terrain has doubled for alien and ancient worlds in major international films, and shooting permits are easily obtained with no location fees.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Nearly 20 years later, the law may seem archaic, the Enquirer previously reported, and may be a violation of the First Amendment.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Nov. 2025
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