TRIAL AND ERRORS Synonyms: 18 Similar Words

trial and errors

noun

plural of trial and error

as in experiments

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In this cargo will be science experiments and new technologies that will be tested on the moon's surface, including Astrolab's FLIP rover, which will explore the lunar surface with a history-making supercomputer onboard.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Think super-powerful magnets in medical imaging and particle physics experiments; faster circuits that won’t overheat; potential for nuclear fusion plasma confinement.

— Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of experiments

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For all its tests, the company builds realistic simulated environments, red teams these environments itself and with third parties to see whether they can be escaped, and monitors what agents do.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Now, students qualify for a lottery according to their performance on standardized tests.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

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Those teaching sessions included a five-sided rubber ball that Sweeney had to bounce and catch, and some unorthodox exercises.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Advertisement The architects of New Stanford might’ve avoided all of the above and still meaningfully included women by running parallel exercises in separate pods.

— Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of exercises

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Earlier in the week, Stiles opened up to Variety about the emotional rehearsals.

— Emily Longeretta, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Launch campaigns for new rockets often take months before a first flight, involving multiple integrated fueling tests, countdown rehearsals, and a static fire.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of rehearsals

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Others are trying to drive employees toward what are called Centers of Excellence—essentially hospitals or medical practices with high ratings that may save money in the long-term since employees won’t need to return again and again for care.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
The Justice Department moved to terminate more than a dozen decades-old school desegregation cases without asking the court first to review whether the district successfully ended its past discriminatory practices, a watchdog group has found.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

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