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Recent Examples of trial run
A week or so before the main event, the chefs would work on a complete dinner and have a trial run exactly as it would be presented on the day of the event.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
After a trial run last year, Culkin was readying for a 14-date cross-country Home Alone roadshow that started this week.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Great Big Beautiful Life follows two rival writers, Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson who are each given a one-month trial run to write the biography of a reclusive former socialite, Margaret Ives, per a synopsis.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
However, the president shared intentions to resume testing following Russia’s successful trial run of its new nuclear-capable cruise missile, known as the Burevestnik, which flew 8,700 miles.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
After a trial run last year, Culkin was readying for a 14-date cross-country Home Alone roadshow that started this week.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Great Big Beautiful Life follows two rival writers, Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson who are each given a one-month trial run to write the biography of a reclusive former socialite, Margaret Ives, per a synopsis.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
However, the president shared intentions to resume testing following Russia’s successful trial run of its new nuclear-capable cruise missile, known as the Burevestnik, which flew 8,700 miles.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial run
Noun
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However, scientists need more observations to determine how common this process truly is.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Feb. 2026
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The double Sundance win has already fired up 2026-27 awards season watchers, with observations that Best Picture nominee Minari and Best Picture winner CODA both achieved the same feat in 2021 and 2021 respectively.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
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All Americans are experiencing rising grocery prices at the checkout counter due to issueslike inflation, tariffs and the weather.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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And truuuust me, a girl like me will always need a late checkout.—
Jessika Hardy,
Refinery29,
13 Feb. 2026
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Seventy-six signings have been made on Parkinson’s watch.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Fresno has been issued a freeze watch.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Rodents or roaches were found at three Dallas restaurants and nine others will require reinspection, according to the report.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Dec. 2025
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Officials from Novo Nordisk’s Catalent Indiana joined the meeting and said the facility will be ready for reinspection by the end of 2025.—
Itzel Franco,Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
14 Nov. 2025
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By that point, at least one nearby business had overwritten its surveillance footage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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Federal agencies halted overdose-surveillance networks, delayed youth smoking data, scaled back food-safety pathogen monitoring and purged transgender health information from websites.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Automated services cost money but save you time, handle rechecks and can catch new listings faster.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 May 2025
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If teams receive good news during his medical rechecks, there’s still a chance he’s selected on day one of the draft.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2025
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Wednesday’s game was Minnesota’s Pink Game to raise awareness and money for breast cancer research and treatment.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
19 Feb. 2026
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Links can be seen between the popularity of K-beauty – a sector estimated by research firm Mintel to be worth more than $90 billion – and the rise of Korean culture internationally.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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With so many books to explore and limited hours to employ, the library’s readers needed a means of deciding which books warranted perusal.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Olympic schedule There are too many games to list, but our new full Olympic schedule interactive page is live and ready for your perusal.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Trial run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20run. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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