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Recent Examples of trial and error
While the game lets players learn through incremental trial and error, our coverage of Artemis II breaks down how NASA sent humans swooping around the moon, and how the agency plans to eventually settle the lunar surface.
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Alan Bradley, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Every bit of it was on the fly, pure trial and error.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
That is 16 years of trial and error, and time spent building a body of work and dependable clients.
—Jennifer Oliver Oconnell, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Nowhere is that trial and error more evident than at our country’s historic sites, many of which are engaged with making collective narratives out of an imperfect past.
—Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
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Alan Bradley, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Every bit of it was on the fly, pure trial and error.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
That is 16 years of trial and error, and time spent building a body of work and dependable clients.
—Jennifer Oliver Oconnell, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Nowhere is that trial and error more evident than at our country’s historic sites, many of which are engaged with making collective narratives out of an imperfect past.
—Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial and error
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In Boston’s public schools, sixth graders used chatbots powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude to prepare for this year’s statewide standardized tests.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Culture That Lasts Can Be Passed On Every organization eventually faces the same test.—
Richard P. Weigand,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
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However, the experiment can't tell if the chemicals come from ancient Martian life or non-biological geological processes.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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This week in Atlanta, work remotely during a DJ set at a cafe, experiment with caviar and street food or get tickets to a supper club combining Korean and Indian flavors.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Hire curious learners, reward experimentation and keep your team aligned on mission.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
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That exposure inspired him to begin his own cinematic experimentation.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
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Hooper is a 31-year-old free-agent addition, Woerner is not a threat in the passing game and Simon has been a practice-squad player throughout his time in Atlanta.—
Josh Kendall,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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So, nine holes into his pro-am practice round on Thursday, hours before the real competition started, Retief Goosen changed his grip.—
Stan Awtrey,
AJC.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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There was a palpable positive energy throughout the workout, and the big names seemed to be leading the way.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Magic guard Desmond Bane saw Cain’s potential as early as over the summer during voluntary workouts before the team even reported for training camp.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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There, the patriarch, Joseph (Colman Domingo), presses the child Michael (played with admirable musical and dramatic flair by Juliano Valdi) and four of Michael’s older brothers into rehearsal.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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At five o’clock Michael returns from a day of rehearsal, flanked by a personal bodyguard and his CBS Records chaperone and appointment-maker, Steve Manning.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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The system engaged multiple drones during the exercise, demonstrating reliable lethality in a realistic operational environment.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
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Masayoshi Arai, chief of staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, said the army has suspended live-fire exercises using Type 10 and Type 90 tanks that use the same shells while officials investigate the cause and other details of the accident.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Eventually, he would be given a fair trial by a jury of his peers.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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But whether a potential second film would try to acknowledge the abuse allegations against Jackson, including those at the center of a 2005 trial that ended in his acquittal on all counts, is unclear.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Trial and error.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20and%20error. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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