untried

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Recent Examples of untried The planned execution raises heated questions about the ethics of using the untried method to execute Smith, who has been through one previous execution attempt. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024 While untried adventures will always woo us, many of us hikers spend more time in the comfort zone. Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024 While some people close to the campaign think that firing Mr. Powell could be on the table again, others have warned that doing so would be legally untried and open to a court challenge. Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 23 May 2024 But before we get started, think of the falsely anointed, all the future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks in this NFL Draft — despite being the untried and untested, football players being judged and overanalyzed when not actually playing football. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for untried
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untried
Adjective
  • Some health experts stress that products made with synthetic cannabinoids are untested and unapproved.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2025
  • Local grocers were a wild west of unlabeled additives, untested chemicals, and inedible fillers.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • The options for a would-be space entrepreneur who wants to control their own access to space are limited.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
  • But this is the time of year when all kinds of would-be experts emerge at your family barbecues and from your satellite radios, ready to talk about bloodlines, broodmares and ambient temperatures when the track gets muddy in Santa Anita.
    Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • George and Amal were welcomed to Brignoles by the mayor, who shared a photo with the couple outside their new home in 2021.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
  • You’re being invited to graduate from the lessons of your past and step into a new version of yourself.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Malone believed Booth made roster moves to force him into playing Booth's unseasoned draft picks.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
  • No one wants to risk having to choke down an unseasoned side dish, or wish that your aunt had made the green bean casserole like usual.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has a history of rotating running backs to keep them fresh while carving out specific roles on third down.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The whiskey is fresh and fruit-forward, with crisp apple, baking spice, and herbal undertones.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But after dark, its red and green neon sign casts a glow onto East Houston Street as negronis fly from its zinc and Formica bar, akin to a scene from Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 May 2025
  • The brown resurrection fern that grew thick along the jagged edges of the hollow was changing to a bright green right before her eyes.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 1 May 2025

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“Untried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untried. Accessed 9 May. 2025.

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