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.
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The 26-year-old has already had a trial run at the captaincy. Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 New shielding technology from NASA that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon's surface, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations. Julian Dossett, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Art In Schools is rolling out its nationwide project after a successful trial run in three schools in 2023. George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 13 Jan. 2025 Mulaney’s latest television project premiered last night on Netflix after something of a trial run last May. Emma Specter, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trial run

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 22 Apr. 2025.

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