1
: found good, faithful, or trustworthy through experience or testing
a tried recipe
2
: subjected to trials or distress
a kind but much-tried father
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a tried and trusted friend
a tried method for catching sport fish
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And that means the tried and true enticement: lower costs.
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Kevin Williams, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2025
That their humble outpost is attached to one of the Milk District’s tried and true dive bars is likely not a coincidence, either.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
Like all Wild Turkey bourbon, the 8-Year-Old 101 whiskey uses our tried and true mash bill and distillation process.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Secondly, the Yankees lost their tried and true ace in Gerrit Cole to Tommy John surgery.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Williams, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2025
That their humble outpost is attached to one of the Milk District’s tried and true dive bars is likely not a coincidence, either.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
Like all Wild Turkey bourbon, the 8-Year-Old 101 whiskey uses our tried and true mash bill and distillation process.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Secondly, the Yankees lost their tried and true ace in Gerrit Cole to Tommy John surgery.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tried
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“Tried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tried. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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