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Recent Examples of trial run
The company behind the plan has already begun pilot testing in preparation for a 100-home trial run this year.
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Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 2026
But after hitting a snag and failing to get into Juilliard (happens…), the musician regrouped during the pandemic with a SoundCloud account, a trial run of Logic, and nothing to lose.
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Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
Balboa recalls that after the league’s inception, it was set for three years, and every few years was a trial run for the next.
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Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2026
The docking mechanism for Artemis III’s close-to-home trial run is already at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
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Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 2026
But after hitting a snag and failing to get into Juilliard (happens…), the musician regrouped during the pandemic with a SoundCloud account, a trial run of Logic, and nothing to lose.
—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
Balboa recalls that after the league’s inception, it was set for three years, and every few years was a trial run for the next.
—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2026
The docking mechanism for Artemis III’s close-to-home trial run is already at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
—
Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial run
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The telescope will be prompted to capture observations every 15 minutes for over a year to explore the dense, central portion of the Milky Way known as the Galactic Bulge.
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This find strengthens the idea that Stonehenge emerged from older traditions of solar observation and seasonal ceremony, traditions that continue with various global celebrations today.
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The company’s Scan & Go checkout is not a side feature in this strategy.
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Just use promo code FORDAD at checkout.
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At a game watch party in Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights, one of Los Angeles’ most historic and prominent Mexican American communities, the crowd was nearly entirely dressed in Mexico’s forest green.
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But thousands still had a chance to celebrate at watch parties across the city, including one in Brooklyn where fans turned an early morning bar crowd into a full-on celebration.
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Food preparation in affected areas was stopped until the health department conducted a reinspection.
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Reopened later that same day after a reinspection found no violations.
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Sometime before the murder Gonzalez was seen on surveillance video footage moving interior cameras.
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The court was also shown a surveillance video from a day before the hearing where Porter was seen attacking a juvenile court staffer and trying to escape.
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Automated services cost money but save you time, handle rechecks and can catch new listings faster.
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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.
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Uncovering the people behind the paint As part of its acquisition, the association conducted new research to uncover the identities and stories of the people Rockwell captured in his images.
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Ippei Naoi | Getty Images Investors continue to rely on professional financial advisers for their final investment decisions, even as artificial intelligence becomes more widely used in the initial stages of research, according to a survey by HSBC.
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Beyond Bart’s Books, downtown Ojai has dozens more unique shops for your perusal.
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The language switch has done nothing to lessen its global appeal, as a quick perusal of the YouTube comments suggests, though there are some jokes Jakubović acknowledges would be inscrutable outside Bosnia.
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