: requiring maximum effort or ability
a most difficult and testing problem—
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Examples of testing in a Sentence
beginning rock climbers should choose a less testing route to the summit
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And after several months of testing and post-testing use, this machine’s no-fuss performance has kept us stacking it night after night.
—Samson McDougall, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024
There will likely be more testing now that Hamlin is no longer intubated, Dr. Feinstein says.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Jan. 2023
Our testers evaluated each Dutch oven’s performance, ease of use, durability, and value (once the retail price was revealed post-testing).
—Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
The animated story of a cosmetics research rabbit had millions of views on social media and gathered more than 1.3 million signatures for anti-testing legislation in Mexico.
—Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2021
So a review of the principles and record of means-testing social programs is warranted.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
The debate among Democrats has cut across typical ideological lines, with centrist and moderate Democrats lining up in favor and against means-testing elements of the bill.
—Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2021
There were only 40 lucky guests invited—two of whom unluckily could not attend after pre-testing positive for Covid—to what was effectively the launch of Marcelo Burlon’s new charitable foundation this July.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2021
The agency also advises mask wearing, pre-testing and quarantining after disembarking.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
Samson McDougall, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024
There will likely be more testing now that Hamlin is no longer intubated, Dr. Feinstein says.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Jan. 2023
Our testers evaluated each Dutch oven’s performance, ease of use, durability, and value (once the retail price was revealed post-testing).
—Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
The animated story of a cosmetics research rabbit had millions of views on social media and gathered more than 1.3 million signatures for anti-testing legislation in Mexico.
—Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2021
So a review of the principles and record of means-testing social programs is warranted.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
The debate among Democrats has cut across typical ideological lines, with centrist and moderate Democrats lining up in favor and against means-testing elements of the bill.
—Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2021
There were only 40 lucky guests invited—two of whom unluckily could not attend after pre-testing positive for Covid—to what was effectively the launch of Marcelo Burlon’s new charitable foundation this July.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2021
The agency also advises mask wearing, pre-testing and quarantining after disembarking.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
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“Testing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testing. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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