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Recent Examples of trial and error
Many of her solutions came through trial and error.
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 6 May 2025
Seeing this enormous collective enterprise take shape in real time—much of it by trial and error—was like witnessing history in reverse.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Learning from someone else’s missteps can save you years of trial and error, providing reassurance and peace of mind.
—Hao Lam, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Ohtani will have a little more than two months for such trial and error, and even less if the National League West remains competitive.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 6 May 2025
Seeing this enormous collective enterprise take shape in real time—much of it by trial and error—was like witnessing history in reverse.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Learning from someone else’s missteps can save you years of trial and error, providing reassurance and peace of mind.
—Hao Lam, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Ohtani will have a little more than two months for such trial and error, and even less if the National League West remains competitive.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial and error
Noun
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Soil tests can reveal if your soil has sufficient levels of calcium and can determine if your soil pH is optimal for nutrient availability.—
Nora Doonan,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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These defence systems were put to the test in April of 2024 when Iran launched Operation True Promise in retaliation to Israel’s bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus.—
Natasha Lindstaedt,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Among the experiments to be performed will be studies of the effect of microgravity on the brain—crucial information to have in the run-up to long-term missions to the moon and Mars—as well as similar investigations of how the heart and muscles adapt to space.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Then, in March 2006, the five-year experiment was axed because not enough people were using the lane.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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As individual workouts are taking place and players are participating in interviews with their potential new teams, now is the time for the candidates to separate themselves.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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The Dolphins conclude their offseason workouts with next week’s three-day mandatory minicamp.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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Building a culture of positive reinforcement can improve employee satisfaction, enhance patient care and strengthen the overall success of a practice.—
Sacha Obaid,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Though inhalation abuse is not a new practice, figures cited by CNN show an increase in the number of teens taking part.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The directors embedded themselves into the troupe’s daily routine, following the students from early morning classes through evening rehearsals that stretched well past midnight.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Both carved out hours of rehearsal and dance practice with regular training.—
Emma Moon,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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In Gilbert’s hands, reappraising the decade from a feminist perspective is more an exercise in cataloguing than in analysis: the ideology of the era is not subtle, and its narratives don’t need decoding.—
Dayna Tortorici,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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At his age, Jones thoroughly believes exercise is essential to living a full, healthy life — not just physically, but mentally.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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In some of the most high-profile cases to come to trial, the perpetrators were men of Pakistani heritage, and the issue has been taken up by right-of-center politicians including Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, and stoked by Musk, who took to X to condemn Starmer over the issue.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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In addition, the diets might not work as well outside of this trial setting, where meals were prepared for all of the participants.—
Simon Spichak,
Health,
14 June 2025
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Think in-class essays, oral presentations, and group projects where the process is as important as the product.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Dennis, a firefighter and paramedic from Kentucky — and a father of seven — had indeed been selected to be honored at the 83rd Father of the Year awards luncheon in New York on Thursday after his daughter Nora wrote an essay.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
13 June 2025
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“Trial and error.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20and%20error. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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