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 So consider his visit for the Copa América group-stage game between Brazil and Costa Rica something of a trial run for the 2026 World Cup, now less than two years away. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024 That was a bit of a trial run for the larger event in September. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 June 2024 As life slowed down during the pandemic, some companies did trial runs of shorter summer work weeks. Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024 Agency officials have installed time-delays on the exit gates at three of the system’s 472 stations as part of a trial run, and removed one gate as part of a turnstile modernization test at the Sutphin Blvd.-Archer Ave.-JFK station in Jamaica. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trial run 

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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 7 Jul. 2024.

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