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Recent Examples of trial and error
The solution was simply a lot of trial and error throughout the screening process.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Dec. 2024
Each took decades of basic scientific research, trial and error, and careful testing in people.
—Alice Park, TIME, 24 Dec. 2024
Some recipes may require trial and error to find the correct ratios.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Health, 16 Dec. 2024
As with any new skin-care product, finding a new body wash may require trial and error.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 13 Dec. 2024
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Dec. 2024
Each took decades of basic scientific research, trial and error, and careful testing in people.
—Alice Park, TIME, 24 Dec. 2024
Some recipes may require trial and error to find the correct ratios.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Health, 16 Dec. 2024
As with any new skin-care product, finding a new body wash may require trial and error.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 13 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for trial and error
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial and error
Noun
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To run a test campaign on RCS, Listrak teamed with its client, Dooney & Bourke.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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The most recent national test scores reveal declining math scores, with nine-year-olds down 7 points from 2020 to 2022 and thirteen-year-olds down 9 points from 2020 to 2023.—
Sara Schapiro,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The first year of cohabitation can be hard, but even the first year that a couple experiments with coming into alignment around finances can be quite difficult.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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And so what if the first person who showed up to watch this experiment abruptly shot the only other member of the audience with a rocket launcher at point-blank range before turning his weapons toward the stage?—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2025
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Several staffers have been working with Butler at Kaseya Center during the suspension, workouts that remain required, even amid suspensions, according to the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
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The excursion was part of a week of workouts, dinners and bonding organized by veterans Jarrett Stidham and Courtland Sutton.—
Nick Kosmider,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Related Stories Business 'Wicked' Has Highest-Grossing Week in Broadway History As a result, the union filed unfair labor practice charges with the federal government, which led to the strike and the cancellation of the Sunday performances of the two plays.—
Caitlin Huston,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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These practices can admittedly destroy some of the oil’s naturally beneficial components, too, including antioxidants like polyphenols, and introduce very low levels of some unsupportive compounds, such as trans-fatty acids, Dr. Mozaffarian says.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
13 Jan. 2025
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Soderbergh watched playback of each rehearsal to ensure the movements felt authentic to the scene and to his character of the ghost, who reacts to the events in specific ways, like hiding behind clothing in Chloe’s closet and floating up and down the stairs in search of the family members.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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This festival will be the culmination of a weekend of rehearsals, lectures, and worship at the Village Church.—
Del Mar Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Gemini [archival audio]: Key body-weight exercises, squats, stand with feet shoulder-width apart, lower your hips as if sitting in a chair, keeping your back straight and chest up.—
Lauren Goode,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
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Not all the gains of exercise occur in your muscles, anyway.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
16 Jan. 2025
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But in the downtown criminal courthouse, the absence of defendants derailed proceedings in several cases, including at least one murder trial slated to begin closing arguments Friday.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Another trial defense lawyer, Emil Bove, sat inside the courtroom facing the video screens and the judge.—
Sean Piccoli,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2025
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Notice in her essay, there was not one representative from the Imperial Valley cited to support her criticism.—
Jim Shinn,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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In a 1961 essay for THR, writer Allan Hersholt recalled how his father, Jean Hersholt, landed his first acting gig at Inceville in 1915.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Trial and error.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20and%20error. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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