as in to test
to put (something) to a test
want to try out my new skateboard? tried out his skill at archery
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Recent Examples of try (out)
Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
What's ahead: The league is currently registering for tryouts, held in March and April, ahead of the fall 2025 season.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 6 Mar. 2025
The Ballers in particular are living up to their democratic billing, holding an open tryout last year that led to the signing of three players, including female trailblazer Kelsie Whitmore.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
His size or long odds to make the team didn’t stop him from having a good tryout.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Reeling from his disappearance, Amari finds Quinton has left behind secrets, including his nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
What's ahead: The league is currently registering for tryouts, held in March and April, ahead of the fall 2025 season.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 6 Mar. 2025
The Ballers in particular are living up to their democratic billing, holding an open tryout last year that led to the signing of three players, including female trailblazer Kelsie Whitmore.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
His size or long odds to make the team didn’t stop him from having a good tryout.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for try (out)
Verb
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Toxic algae bloom possibly related to Palisades Fire sickens marine life 02:54 Stephanie Wilcox said her toddler's pediatrician recommended testing their home.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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National Geographic/Gary Moyes The NatGeo series focuses on some of the fresh insights gained from analyzing the digital scan, enabling Titanic researchers like Stephenson to test key details from eyewitness accounts.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The whole eight-week rehearsal period was one of the greatest experiences of all of our lives.—
Mark Seliger,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Listen · 2:05 min During a rehearsal break, Timbers, Groff, the choreographer Shannon Lewis and the music supervisor Andrew Resnick gathered to talk about six songs that are central to the show — and to understanding the layers and mysteries of Bobby Darin.—
Alan Light,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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These fossils all turned out to be contaminated with modern DNA—in some cases, the researchers had sampled traces of their own genetic material.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Panther Lake, launching in early 2026 (but sampling to Intel’s OEM partners later this year), is Intel’s next-gen PC client platform built with AI-native compute in mind.—
Dave Altavilla,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Some of them feature innovative exercise equipment such as the Kinesis Personal, a high-tech device that offers a variety of exercises to improve strength, flexibility, coordination, and balance through a personalized workout.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The first hour to 90 minutes is on individual skill, and the last 90 minutes to two hours is a full team workout.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The practice was used in 2018 during the first Trump term, when the Senate voted on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as an associate justice.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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The first 20 years of my career were at Houston Methodist Hospital (HMH), and my devotion was to the practice of medicine, caring for the critically ill and provide lifesaving opportunity to those in need of cardiac transplantation.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Patients with desk jobs are usually back to work within a week or two, but have to abstain from exercise until cleared by their surgeon.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
10 Apr. 2025
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This whole exercise of proving the absence of antisemitism as a prerequisite to criticizing Israeli government policy is absurd.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Try (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/try%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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