trial run

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Recent Examples of trial run The next month, Westman described making a trial run by going to Mass in the morning and testing doors. Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025 Trump has cast the move as a trial run before potentially expanding the federal crime crackdown to other blue cities. Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025 Trump suggested that taking over D.C.’s police force is a trial run for other cities. Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025 The easiest way to find out is to buy some compatible photo paper and give your all-in-one printer a trial run. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trial run
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial run
Noun
  • The University of York study explains how particle interactions with dark matter could be tested through real-world observations.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Readers of this newsletter will probably be familiar with the AI scaling laws—the observation that an AI’s capabilities increase in line with the amount of (useful) data and computing power that it is trained on.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Companies working with both OpenAI and Salesforce will be able to sell products through ChatGPT's instant checkout feature, the press release said, adding that more detail will be provided in the coming months.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The partnership will allow customers to use an instant checkout feature on ChatGPT.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This watch guide was created using technology provided by Data Skrive.
    Data Skrive, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The watch was in place for East Carteret, Northern Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Catfish Smith, located at 4620 Botham Jean Boulevard, had a score of 71 and will require reinspection within 30 days.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Homeowners who don't remove pet waste from their property can also be issued citations and reinspection fees, McGovern said.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Gallagher Trombley, the Digital Mom Media founder, worries that the helicopter parenting and the constant surveillance of our children, covert or otherwise, might have harmed an entire generation.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • From there, the artworks were shuffled all at once to a freight elevator, and then moved into the exhibition hall, which can be seen on video surveillance.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Automated services cost money but save you time, handle rechecks and can catch new listings faster.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Later research suggested that the first cases appeared along the Washington coast.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
    Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In keeping with the demands of processing the new currency, Nielsen isn’t expected to have Sunday’s NFL numbers ready for perusal until Wednesday afternoon.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Most workshops can go on citing examples (and from each other’s writing, too, which is fun to do)―any perusal of course reading lists or an hour spent grazing the literature shelves of a bookstore yields numerous possible stories for discussion.
    Douglas Unger August 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025

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