How to Use test run in a Sentence

test run

noun
  • The most-recent test run of both systems took place in 2021.
    Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
  • One of pro soccer's biggest rule changes in decades gets a test run.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Do a test run to find the distance where your computer locks.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2023
  • During one test run, wind blew my baseball cap off three times.
    Andrew Williams, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Even a school counselor’s daughter, who was similar in height to Calliope, took part in the test run.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • About 60 students and bus driver Gary Giddens took one of the electric buses on a test run last week.
    Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The video showcases an initial test run with the device mounted on the robot.
    IEEE Spectrum, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Our pint-sized testers tried these sleeping bags from Big Agnes on the cold floor of a garage (35 degrees) as a test run for a real camping trip.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 11 June 2023
  • This test run was an opportunity for Copeland to see if a job in the broadcast booth might be in his future.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
  • Problems can appear at any stage, which is why the test run of assembling the wooden beams this past week was a crucial step.
    Rick Noack, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Rodin hasn’t shared any performance numbers but did post a video of a recent test run on its YouTube channel.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2023
  • For eight days in April, Davies’ team conducted a successful test run of two landers.
    Robin Catalano, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
  • During the test run, the first-stage rocket ignited normally, and the engine thrust reached 820 tons.
    Erin Marquis / Jalopnik, Quartz, 2 July 2024
  • Back in the fall, Lee put Wilson through a test run, putting 45 seconds on a stopwatch and then measuring how far Wilson could sprint in that time.
    Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
  • And the audience in L.A., some of whom saw bits of this in its origins, gets to benefit from having Broadway as a full test run for the Taper.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The client should prepare their scenarios and think over the process of the test run to work through certain tasks and see how well the SIEM of choice will cover their risks within budget.
    David Balaban, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Mina says the couple used Turkey Day as a test run for how to handle the situation.
    Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The billboard outside Sacramento, which went up last week, is a test run for one of those characters, Burnie the Bobcat.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • It was piloted at about five dozen schools last school year and will be test run at about 800 schools this fall, twice as many as originally planned.
    Itzel Luna, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • Aleesha’s focused on taking a physical clone of AI Guy for a real world test run.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Nov. 2023
  • As Roberts and Betts emphasized, this weekend will count for little more than a postseason test run.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
  • Juli Shamash believes the doctor didn’t know that fentanyl isn’t included in the standard test run in emergency rooms across the country.
    Maura Barrett, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Not to mention that every boat gets a full test run in Mobile Bay or Fowl River before it’s delivered.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • Is this a test run to see what other Housewives franchises might need overhauling?
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2023
  • The elections in Moscow and in more than 20 Russian regions are widely seen as a test run for presidential elections in March.
    Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • That's not as big of a problem with the glass and ceramics collection — a key reason museum staff chose those items to test run their processes.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024
  • More broadly, the team said the review brought some new details to light, including more discussion about the possible bombing test run.
    Compiled Bydemocrat Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Montana Republicans said the ballot change was a test run for future elections.
    Tim Craig, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The performance functioned as something of a test run for Green Day’s forthcoming headlining tour.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Everything seemed to be working perfectly during a test run of the lift early Tuesday, the operator said, and the weather was not windy at the time of the accident.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2024

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