trial run

noun

: a testing exercise : experiment

Examples of trial run in a Sentence

They will put the software through many trial runs before putting it on the market. We will have to give the machine a trial run.
Recent Examples on the Web In January 2023, Hughes — who has been teaching first grade at Hanby for 12 years — did a trial run of her new program. Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024 My advice is to do a trial run by placing everything necessary for your meal on the table to determine what space (if any) is left. Mary Carol Garrity, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 Habba was asked to give a trial run outside the presence of the jury of what the testimony would involve, which the judge said had to bequestions and responses that would not allow Trump to opine on the underlying issues in the case. Mark Berman, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024 Ultimately Kyle and Zach found the smoker the team purchased, and it was put through its paces in a trial run in Zach’s Overland Park driveway in early May. Kimberly Winter Stern, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024 This program marks a trial run for the effectiveness of AI in predicting snow days, Talsma said. Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2024 Perhaps an expansion of the company’s streaming sports programming, with Oregon State and Washington State as a trial run? Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024 That trial run, especially tips in pass protection, helped set up a sterling sophomore season. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024 Bleacher Report, which shows sports telecasts from TBS, TNT and truTV, is being offered free on Max under a trial run. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trial run was in 1903

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“Trial run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20run. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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