untested

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Recent Examples of untested Those powers, however, remain relatively untested and may only be applicable for specific countries, rather than on a worldwide basis. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 June 2026 The focus is on whether capital and disclosure keep pace with evolving risks in this market, which remains untested by a severe downturn. Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 And the main untested variable will come with Mojtaba Khamenei’s leadership. Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 18 June 2026 The company also revealed that the concept is designed to fit within existing airport gates and airline operations, use standard jet fuel or sustainable aviation fuel, and avoid reliance on airport charging infrastructure or untested fuel types. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for untested
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untested
Adjective
  • Last year’s opportunity was lost, but this season presents a clean slate, and new hope for him and most of Miami’s roster, which is filled with young, unproven starters and NFL journeymen looking to find solid footing with a team starting over, which is indeed the Dolphins.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • Donti is careful not to oversell the technology, describing AI's climate potential as simultaneously promising, risky, and in many applications still unproven — a nuance that distinguishes serious actors in this space from the hype.
    Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • Still, all but Verse (7 ½ sacks last year) are untried.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026
  • The audacity of such a mission, wrapping so many untried things into a single flight, meant Artemis III would not have launched for at least two more years, and probably more like three, four, or more.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • But Starship still must demonstrate multiple unproved capabilities that are crucial to NASA’s plans—such as the in-space refueling, via multiple launches, that’s required for sending the vehicle out of low-Earth orbit to the moon.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
  • When gambling becomes the norm, taking risks in unproved investment channels start to look reasonable.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
Adjective
  • From a would-be soccer star and a studious teen to a devoted volunteer, amputations, shrapnel wounds and trauma have rewritten futures yet failed to extinguish determination.
    Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt’s 2018 book, How Democracies Die, argues that the most decisive figures in the success or failure of an authoritarian attempt are the would-be authoritarian’s ideological allies.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • Every speculative boom eventually ends.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • The next presidential election is more than two years away, but a speculative roster of names for both major parties has already emerged, with Newsom near the top of the list for the Democrats.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • But while viewers know what’s up from The Fall’s start, Northern Ireland’s unseasoned law enforcement officials haven’t a clue who’s behind the body count.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
  • Founders who think high spending on technology is a badge of success recall those from the dot-com era, when unseasoned executives ignored business basics, many even arguing that profits were no longer important.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The subtext beneath that statement is that Syd recognizes why Tina might be loath to take orders from a boss who is younger and, relative to Carmy, inexperienced in the business.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • Army investigations have repeatedly pointed to the same factors contributing to fatal training incidents including sleep deprivation, inadequate training and inexperienced leaders supervising high-risk exercises.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026

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“Untested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untested. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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