TRIAL AND ERRORS Synonyms: 18 Similar Words

trial and errors

noun

plural of trial and error

as in experiments

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That’s all to say that DoorDash’s current experience with agentic ordering may be a bit like Pizza Hut’s first tentative online ordering experiments in 1994.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
Three large-scale experiments were underway, but only one — a Norwegian operation that captured carbon from a natural gas field and pumped it under the bed of the North Sea — had rigorously tested permanent storage.

— Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026

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Factory tests show savings Using these findings, the researchers developed two accelerated formation protocols and tested them at C4V’s battery manufacturing facility in Binghamton, New York.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Orchestra auditions, like coding assignments for software engineers or simulator tests for airline pilots, are meant to be meritocratic performance assessments.

— Jeremy Reynolds Ross Mantle, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

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However, many members will complete a short set of exercises on the machines, then stay on the machine or bench while looking at their phones for long periods of time — often 10 minutes or more.

— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
These changes can make functional movements and exercises, like stair climbing, much more challenging.

— Kristen Gasnick, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2026

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The Kravis Studio was closed to museumgoers for rehearsals, so the Friday event would be Pageant’s only public presentation at MoMA besides a free artist talk the following Sunday.

— Nolan Kelly, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026
About to head into rehearsals for his upcoming play, Tarantino explained his current mindset is of being a writer first, as was put into action with opting not to direct Cliff Booth.

— Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2026

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The news conference exchange followed the release of a 22-page congressional report detailing widespread practices across New York City prosecutors' offices.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
With a few exceptions, practices for base-camping teams weren’t open to fans, which could have altered their decision to remain in Kansas City.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

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