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as in ordeals
a test of faith, patience, or strength
living with her insufferable relatives was a real trial
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as in rehearsals
a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance
ran another trial of the aerial performance before opening night
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as in tests
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
trials by medical researchers haven't determined whether the medication is safe or not
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as in attempts
an effort to do or accomplish something
will rest and make another trial at climbing the mountain
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as in headaches
something that is a source of irritation
trying to have a coherent phone conversation with his senile father was always a trial
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Recent Examples of trials
The company expects to complete those trials in 2026.
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
But these trials have been small, and largely limited to applying direct heat to a limb or muscle group—not simply moving that muscle in a warm room.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
Many of these high-quality mattresses include sleep trials, 10-year warranties, and free shipping, but be sure to check the fine print before hitting that checkout button.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
Laboratory trials at Fraunhofer IGB and application tests at Mibelle have been successful, and production is now being scaled up at Fraunhofer’s Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes in Leuna.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Or are the Conjurings just set in a conservative mirror universe where the witch trials were also justified, Ouija boards really are direct lines to hell, and the satanic panic was not a panic at all?
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Independent fact-checkers have called it a flawed reanalysis of data from the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine trials.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Luckily, after months and months of medication trials and environmental changes, the veterinarian team finally found something that worked for her.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Social media coverage of consumer trials & product development progress.
—Michelle Greenwald, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Jon Hamilton, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
But these trials have been small, and largely limited to applying direct heat to a limb or muscle group—not simply moving that muscle in a warm room.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
Many of these high-quality mattresses include sleep trials, 10-year warranties, and free shipping, but be sure to check the fine print before hitting that checkout button.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
Laboratory trials at Fraunhofer IGB and application tests at Mibelle have been successful, and production is now being scaled up at Fraunhofer’s Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes in Leuna.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Or are the Conjurings just set in a conservative mirror universe where the witch trials were also justified, Ouija boards really are direct lines to hell, and the satanic panic was not a panic at all?
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Independent fact-checkers have called it a flawed reanalysis of data from the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine trials.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Luckily, after months and months of medication trials and environmental changes, the veterinarian team finally found something that worked for her.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Social media coverage of consumer trials & product development progress.
—Michelle Greenwald, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trials
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Kruse and Fialko invested seven figures into rebuilding Priscilla’s brand, stabilizing her finances, settling her lawsuits, cleaning up numerous private family ordeals, and attempting to help Priscilla repair her relationship with her daughter.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Feldman, who has been taking part in daily rehearsals with Johnson, explained that his previous experience with dancing significantly differed from learning to master ballroom dance under his partner's guidance.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Practices are held for two hours every Monday, and quartets have additional rehearsals on their own time.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some regions of the United States are experiencing higher rates of positive COVID-19 tests than others, though reporting has slowed down enough nationwide that the CDC has begun allowing more time to pass between certain types of updates, such as those on variant prevalence.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Those cuts, included laying off more than half the workers at the Institute of Education Sciences, IES, the arm of the department charged with measuring student achievement and overseeing and processing the data that comes from the tests students take.—
Sequoia Carrillo,
NPR,
9 Sep. 2025
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And the algicide attempts may not have worked because the biomass of blue-green algae was just too large for effects to be detected.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lifetime, Prater was 23-of-24 on those attempts that happened in the last two minutes of regulation or in overtime.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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At the higher doses, most people had brief hallucinations or visual distortions, along with some nausea and headaches.—
Dr. Christian S. Monsalve,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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The exhausted teen has headaches and blurred vision sleeps about 75% of the day.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Mediterranean basin has seen multiple large fires this summer.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Aug. 2025
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That’s where the third aspect of studying exoplanet hazes — laboratory experiments, coupled with further theoretical modeling — comes into play with such great importance.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
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Carve protected space so experiments survive the infinite workday.—
Curt Steinhorst,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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How To Play Wordle Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Those seven tries produced zero first downs.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Trials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trials. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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