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Definition of try (out)

as in to test

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

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Iheanachor knew nothing about the game when his eventual JUCO coaches took him to a park for a tryout. — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2026 While veterans jockey for new contracts during free agency, young players are getting their tryout opportunities with NBA summer league games beginning this week. — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 The screenings must be completed before the student’s first tryout, conditioning, workout, practice or athletic activity of the 2026-27 school year. — Martha Lopez-Anderson, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026 Her tryout ended in heartbreak, however, when Bramhall was not invited to training camp following final auditions, leaving her and Shelly devastated. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for try (out)

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The next phase of research will likely test longer intervention windows and larger populations of prediabetic and overweight adults, the group Krikorian has identified as highest-risk.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
Hunter will be tested on the opposite side of the ball throughout the summer.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026

Definition of test

Noun

During the rehearsal, Pritchard was sometimes brusque with Hamilton, correcting her form with his feet and insisting on certain steps.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
As Mars’s gravity slung the spacecraft onto the next leg of its journey, mission scientists used the opportunity to put its multispectral imager through a full dress rehearsal.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 21 July 2026

Definition of rehearsal

Verb

In a press briefing Monday, FDA officials explained that the test result was from lettuce sampled at the border that was not included in Taylor Farms’ recall.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
After sampling pickle ice cream or pickle beer on the bridge, visitors could step into Market Square and swap jars and spears for engines and steel.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 20 July 2026

Definition of sample

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The investigation is part of a broader crackdown on what’s known as birth tourism, the practice of traveling to another country, so a child is born there.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
He was paired with a more experienced colleague and learned through instruction and hands-on practice how to care for pines and azaleas, mainly using a hand-pruning technique essential for the Imperial Palace and villas.

— Hiroshige Yazawa Japan News, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

Definition of practice

Noun

Name dropping … • Kiffin said LSU didn’t bring quarterback Sam Leavitt to the event in part so the Arizona State transfer could stay behind to lead a Tigers workout.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 24 July 2026
The move slots easily into any strength workout, whether total-body or core-focused.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of workout

Noun

On January 24, 2023, Clancy fatally strangled her three children in the basement of their Duxbury home using exercise resistance bands.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
Most leadership teams cannot answer this, and the exercise usually surfaces more exposure than expected.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

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