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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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In 1967, he was sentenced to life in prison — his confession to the 13 strangulations remaining legally untested.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Moreover, doubts over untested Chinese weaponry have evaporated following their successful deployment in Pakistan's confrontation with India in early May, when Chinese J-10C and JF-17 fighter jets shot down up to six Indian jets.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In those meetings, our would-be bosses told us to make mock phone calls to prospective clients to gauge our ability to convince strangers about the merit of an imaginary product.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Each would-be Manson Family member made their introduction, giving their background or, for the nonprofessionals, something about themselves.—
Jay Glennie,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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When the humans return, there are only a handful, better clothed, hair braided and combed, new fashions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In September, Vanity Fair wrote a story detailing new revelations around his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson’s correspondence with the disgraced financier.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 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
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Senior defensive tackle Braxton Fely’s radar is already up at the chance of facing another inexperienced QB.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Oct. 2025
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In doing so, Sonny mentors a talented but inexperienced rookie named Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) and brings an unconventional style of racing to the track.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Top news OpenAI taps AWS Amazon shares closed at a record high Monday after OpenAI agreed to buy $38 billion worth of AWS capacity in a fresh sign that the ChatGPT developer is no longer dependent on Microsoft.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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This month, young readers can curl up with nonfiction explorations of the galaxy, thumb through an old astronomy textbook with a fresh new story to tell, or experience the peace of being (almost) alone on the moon.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Pappalardo, described by police as a White with brown hair and green eyes who weights about 150 lbs.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The report calls on leaders to focus on green solutions that can also improve health outcomes, and warns that political backsliding on climate commitments will only cause more harm.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Untried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untried. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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