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Recent Examples of untested
Major European Union states condemned the tariff threats as blackmail, and France proposed responding with a range of previously untested economic countermeasures.
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USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
The Berkeley police news release said that evidence from the Berkeley case was tested in 2015 through a grant obtained by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office to process previously untested rape kits.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
Yet rather than assign a human to make that call, ICE’s human resources department outsourced the task to an untested large language model (LLM).
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 15 Jan. 2026
In the transfer portal, Cignetti prefers experienced players rather than untested athletes with perhaps higher ceilings.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
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USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
The Berkeley police news release said that evidence from the Berkeley case was tested in 2015 through a grant obtained by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office to process previously untested rape kits.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
Yet rather than assign a human to make that call, ICE’s human resources department outsourced the task to an untested large language model (LLM).
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 15 Jan. 2026
In the transfer portal, Cignetti prefers experienced players rather than untested athletes with perhaps higher ceilings.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untested
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Even so, Tesla is racing toward a totally unproven concept.—
Patrick George,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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The medical establishment did and does dismiss these claims as utterly unfounded, unproven, and dangerous.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Jan. 2026
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Originally hesitant about using the relatively untried medium of radio in this way, The King was reassured by a visit to the BBC in the summer of 1932 and agreed to take part.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
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The hitch is that Florida is dependent on an untried product.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
18 Nov. 2025
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What Happens Next The lawsuit’s allegations are unproved, and no court has made findings on the merits.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Berry recorded an impairment charge of $44 million related to unproved properties affected by California Senate Bill No. 1137, which restricts new drilling activities within 3,200 feet of sensitive receptors.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
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Even though rents are up, affordability has kept many would-be buyers on the sidelines.—
John Walkup,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The ban has complicated the company's business, both by pulling the product from the menu and creating doubt in the minds of would-be investors.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
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The roughly 920,000-square-foot space was built in 2023, with Port KC help, as a speculative warehouse.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2026
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This is not a fundamental reassessment but a speculative rush preceding a highly dilutive financing occurrence.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Hunter saw the logic in Ake’s casualness, which as the head of a learning institution projects a warmth and informality that brings her down to earth for her unseasoned cadets.—
Scott Huver,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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Other signs of unseasoned wood are bark that is tightly attached and a wet, fresh-looking center with lighter and drier looking wood near the edges or ends.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
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Older, more experienced players — like Indiana’s fleet of 24-year olds — are usually better than younger, inexperienced ones, especially in this age of the transfer portal.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Tech Hamiltonians and Silicon Valley enthusiasts are often inexperienced in the ways of government and unaccustomed to the compromise and diplomacy that successful policy implementation often requires.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Untested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untested. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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