as in tests
to put (something) to a test
want to try out my new skateboard? tried out his skill at archery
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Students take the reading and math MCA tests in third through eighth grades and once in high school.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
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Venus aggravating Uranus tests your ability to roll with the punches.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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As One of Us gleefully samples multiple registers—comic, tragic, satiric, elegiac, poetic—its mesh of archaic and contemporary styles becomes something quite arresting, a joy to read … Chaon’s beautiful novel insists on answers.—
Book Marks
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Rainmakers t an observatory atop Puy de Dôme, a 4,800-foot inactive volcano in central France, the microbiologist Pierre Amato samples clouds.—
Katherine Bourzac,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Tries (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tries%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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