as in reliable
worthy of one's trust
a tried method for catching sport fish
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as in tested
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress
you're trying my patience
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as in attempted
to make an effort to do
try to unlock the door will try to call later tonight
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Recent Examples of tried
Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025
Ugg Adalee Faux Fur Blanket There may be a new trendy blanket brand in town, but Ugg has been a tried and true favorite for decades for good reason.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
Demolition begins on a 100-year-old building in Rogers Park despite efforts by activists who tried to save it.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Here are seven tried and true ways to keep the magic alive for older kids at Christmastime.
—Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025
Ugg Adalee Faux Fur Blanket There may be a new trendy blanket brand in town, but Ugg has been a tried and true favorite for decades for good reason.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Verb
The day’s travel story still hovered over everything, even as both coaches tried to strip it away as an excuse.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
Demolition begins on a 100-year-old building in Rogers Park despite efforts by activists who tried to save it.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tried
Adjective
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Yet there are realities of life without constant and reliable electricity beyond evenings by candlelight.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
24 Feb. 2026
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The second focuses on inclusion with companies committing to strengthening testing and evaluation of AI systems across underrepresented languages and cultural contexts, especially in the Global South, so that frontier AI models become more reliable and accessible beyond English‑speaking markets.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Wen-Lone Chou tested illegally built ghost guns in a makeshift shooting range in the basement of his Long Island home, authorities allege.—
Carolyn Gusoff,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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In his study of 677 participants, more than 90 percent varied across basic measurements like bust, waist, and hips—and more than a third didn’t fit into any standard size in the UK system that was tested.—
Marisa McMillan,
Outside,
27 Feb. 2026
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Dan Serafini was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for the 2021 first-degree murder of his father-in-law and attempted murder of his mother-in-law in Lake Tahoe.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Miles should expect Baylor to be more aggressive against the screens and force her into double teams in the paint like the Bears attempted to do in the fourth quarter.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Double-check directions to protect your responsible reputation.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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Thus, California’s low reading levels may be partially responsible for the state’s equally unacceptably low ranking on mathematics; just 39% of fourth graders were proficient.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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Every Meal Founder and President Rob Williams says during Operation Metro Surge, the organization has been stretched thin.—
Adam Duxter,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Fedde is being stretched out this spring, similar to Sean Burke, Jonathan Cannon, Sean Newcomb, Chris Murphy and Mike Vasil, in an attempt to join the rotation.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But the Defense Department sought to use the system sooner around El Paso, prompting the FAA to impose the temporary flight restriction.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Previous work sought to compute how contact binaries originated by modeling them as colliding spheres.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The steep declines this week showed just how on edge investors are regarding AI — even when the news is good, or when doomsday scenarios are completely made out of thin air.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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Garna showed some really good things in my time.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Straight-line winds form when cold air in a thunderstorm sinks to the Earth’s surface and is pushed outward.—
Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Then the Jayhawks pushed their advantage to double figures and rode out the win.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Tried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tried. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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