Thesaurus results for TRYING (OUT)

trying (out)

verb

Definition of trying (out)

present participle of try (out)

as in testing

to put (something) to a test want to try out my new skateboard? tried out his skill at archery

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That would mean testing models at different checkpoints during training rather than testing a close-to-final version.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026
The contacts will remain in isolation for 21 days and will be released after testing negative for the virus, the ministry’s director, Patrick Amoth, said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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On the latest episode of Billboard On the Record, Questlove joins the video podcast to dive into the history of sampling and how new trends — like microchopping, catalog sales and generative AI — may pose new opportunities or risks to the art form.

— Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
There will also be an installation sampling from hundreds of thousands of reference images, particularly the 300,000-odd images Meunier has amassed over successive iPhones and which will map his visual thinking.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

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