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Recent Examples of trial run
While in space, the crew will be tasked with demonstrating docking procedures in Earth’s orbit, conducting science experiments and testing various systems aboard the Orion capsule as a kind of trial run for that future landing.
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Denise Chow, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
Aniston repeats after the impromptu trial run.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Denise Chow, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
Aniston repeats after the impromptu trial run.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial run
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The stellar body that spawned the remnant lingers on as a fast-spinning neutron star, or pulsar, which was detected in observations made by NASA's Chandra Space Telescope back in 2015.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Mercury, Mars and Saturn are too close to the sun for easy observation.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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On the earnings call, CEO Ron Vachris highlighted improving checkout speed and employee productivity through enhancements in mobile wallets, pharmacy pay ahead, and pre-scan technology, which enables an employee to start ringing up small-to-medium carts while shoppers are still in line.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
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In 2018, Amazon introduced a contactless checkout program called Just Walk Out — an unsurprising shift given Bezos’s whole thing — but the company appears to have abandoned it.—
Nora DeLigter,
Curbed,
6 Mar. 2026
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The people in line behind me were annoyed, checking their watches and peering ahead trying to figure out what was taking so long.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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And, like Higgins, Nam recently told Entertainment Weekly that his forgiveness can also be bought — to the tune of a new Rolex watch.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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The health department says these things need to be addressed before reinspection on March 16.—
Mamie Bah,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 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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Chinese firms have also supplied chemicals used in Iran’s missile program and helped build out its domestic surveillance infrastructure, CNN has reported.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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Once Plumb gives the reluctant Sheriff Homer circumstantial evidence that links Clark to the bike in the pool surveillance footage, seen with Floyd’s car, the latter resumes interest in Clark as a suspect.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 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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Amodei is in talks with Emil Michael, under-secretary of defense for research and engineering, in a last-ditch effort to reach an agreement on the terms governing the Pentagon's access to Anthropic's Claude models, the Times reported, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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The unit would serve as a hub for wildfire technology research and deployment.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 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 11 Mar. 2026.
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