How to Use on a trial basis in a Sentence

on a trial basis

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  • The new rule is in place on a trial basis for the 2023 season.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The city’s timeline has officers using body cameras on a trial basis by the end of the year.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Chris Barnes recalled, noting that was enough to convince them to bend their bedtime phone ban on a trial basis.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Sky News this week reported(Opens in a new window) that the service will operate on a trial basis until 2025.
    — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 16 May 2023
  • The private sponsorship model has already been tested on a trial basis over the past two years with refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine.
    — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The fee will be rolled out on a trial basis mainly during spring bank holidays and summer weekends when the city is at its most crowded.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The burger chain didn't give an exact time frame for the offer, but said the $5 meal will begin on a trial basis ahead of the McDonald's $5 promo which is slated to launch June 25.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 24 May 2024
  • Some members of the council questioned whether the service would be noisy, but local officials appeared ready to support the change on a trial basis.
    — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The one experience San Francisco has with lower limits is in the Tenderloin, where the top speed was reduced to 20 mph last year on a trial basis.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Five cases were found in the community as of 5 p.m. Sunday, while some districts will be allowed to resume dine-in services on a trial basis.
    — Fortune, 12 June 2022
  • The fee will be implemented on a trial basis mainly during spring bank holidays and summer weekends when the city is at its most crowded.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Right now, Aurora Sinai is the only hospital in southeast Wisconsin where the water birth option is available, and even that is on a trial basis.
    — Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Prototypes for both technologies are being deployed on a trial basis, and Grogan expects both to be in full operation by next year.
    — Aryn Baker, Time, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Some type of vision and hearing coverage look likely to be included in the final bill, but expensive dental benefits may be only on a trial basis.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Saying that enforcement is a complicated issue, Horn said that one of the answers might be speed cameras that are expected later this year on a trial basis in work zones on highways in Connecticut.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Spotify has launched learning courses on its platform on a trial basis in the U.K. as part of its latest strategy to diversify beyond music streaming.
    — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The push to verify political accounts began Wednesday on a trial basis and applies to governments, politicians and political parties on the platform, the company said in a blog post.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Were you disappointed that California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation that would have allowed a few supervised injection facilities to open there on a trial basis?
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 6 Sep. 2022

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