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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After Liesl agrees to the trial run, Zsa-zsa retrieves six show boxes that contain blueprints for three complex infrastructure projects across the fictional Modern Greater Independent Phoenicia. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025 The prey robot was programmed to move only once per trial run but each time at different amplitudes. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025 This battle over definition had gone through a trial run just a few weeks earlier. D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 New ideas may get trial runs in spring training, but an innovation can’t just help a few players. John Cairney, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 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 4 Jun. 2025.

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