on a trial basis
idiom
: for a short period of time in order to try something out
I'm using the product on a trial basis.
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The burger chain didn't give an exact time frame for the offer, but said the $5 meal would begin on a trial basis.
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Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2024
Tours of the East Wing are being conducted on a trial basis.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Several crisis response programs have sprouted across the city on a trial basis.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
Brazil had actually started experimenting with this approach back in 1995, when the cities of Campinas and Brasília had launched small cash-giveaway programs on a trial basis.
—Jonathan Tepperman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
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Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2024
Tours of the East Wing are being conducted on a trial basis.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Several crisis response programs have sprouted across the city on a trial basis.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
Brazil had actually started experimenting with this approach back in 1995, when the cities of Campinas and Brasília had launched small cash-giveaway programs on a trial basis.
—Jonathan Tepperman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
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“On a trial basis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20trial%20basis. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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