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Recent Examples of untried
Better yet, take the train north to Fort Tryon Park, and study untried ones.
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Walker Mimms, New York Times, 15 May 2025
One of City’s greatest financial successes has been their ability to generate vast sums for largely untried young players.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
At the time, states that still practiced the death penalty struggled as their lethal drug suppliers, not wanting to be associated with executions, cut ties and corrections offices experimented with untried methods.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024
Still, no fruitful option should be left untried, and China is very unlikely to go along with the United States if the latter does not attempt to address the former’s concerns.
—Doug Bandow, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2016
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Walker Mimms, New York Times, 15 May 2025
One of City’s greatest financial successes has been their ability to generate vast sums for largely untried young players.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
At the time, states that still practiced the death penalty struggled as their lethal drug suppliers, not wanting to be associated with executions, cut ties and corrections offices experimented with untried methods.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024
Still, no fruitful option should be left untried, and China is very unlikely to go along with the United States if the latter does not attempt to address the former’s concerns.
—Doug Bandow, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untried
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Ever the fighter, Cuomo refused to drop out of the mayoral race after losing the primary, electing to run as a third party candidate in the hopes of rallying support from voters who saw Mamdani as too untested and too far left to govern effectively.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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In California, lawmakers set testing and tracking requirements of rape kits after it was learned that many untested kits had been left on the shelves of police and sheriff’s offices for years.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the early days of his Administration, his would-be appointments are stalled by political rivals, and his days are packed with unproductive meetings with members of the public.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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Still, the company faces the same existential headwinds that have scared other would-be moguls away from the news business.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The interdisciplinary approach brought the duke’s life and death to a stunning clarity — indicating how analyses can shed new light on age-old mysteries, even murders.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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While earning a master's degree in exercise and coaching science at University College Dublin, she was introduced to CrossFit and discovered a new kind of challenge with its emphasis on versatility and constant adaptation.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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The California Highway Patrol, in an investigative report recently released to the victims’ families, attributed the crash to excessive speed by an unseasoned driver.—
Cameron Macdonald,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Food made by white people is often associated with and critiqued for being bland and unseasoned.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jokic didn’t overtake Jamal Murray as Denver’s leading scorer until their seventh game of the season, after a 33-point performance Wednesday against a Miami Heat frontcourt that was woefully undersized and inexperienced the instant Bam Adebayo exited with a foot injury.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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Henderson has struggled in that role as a rookie, and Jennings is inexperienced at the pro level.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Thailand accused Cambodia of laying fresh landmines following the removal of a barbed wire fence, which was discovered on November 9.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The streamer has announced a series order for A Different World, a fresh sequel to the beloved 1990s sitcom that helped define a generation of Black television.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
11 Nov. 2025
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Oxygen produces green or red depending on the altitude, and nitrogen either blue or purple.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The pairs are connected through their use of gray, matching color blocking and neon green accents on their branding and midsoles.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Untried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untried. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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