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Recent Examples of untried
While untried adventures will always woo us, many of us hikers spend more time in the comfort zone.
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Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024
While some people close to the campaign think that firing Mr. Powell could be on the table again, others have warned that doing so would be legally untried and open to a court challenge.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 23 May 2024
But before we get started, think of the falsely anointed, all the future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks in this NFL Draft — despite being the untried and untested, football players being judged and overanalyzed when not actually playing football.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
But a sudden switch to a new, untried candidate would almost surely cause voters to see the the party as chaotic, Democratic pollster Natalie Jackson wrote this week.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
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Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024
While some people close to the campaign think that firing Mr. Powell could be on the table again, others have warned that doing so would be legally untried and open to a court challenge.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 23 May 2024
But before we get started, think of the falsely anointed, all the future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks in this NFL Draft — despite being the untried and untested, football players being judged and overanalyzed when not actually playing football.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
But a sudden switch to a new, untried candidate would almost surely cause voters to see the the party as chaotic, Democratic pollster Natalie Jackson wrote this week.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untried
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This suit used the same Iowa law to argue that the poll had deliberately misled The Register’s paying subscribers. Suhr of the Center for American Rights described state consumer protection laws as a promising if largely untested vehicle for pursuing media outlets.—
New York Times,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
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In contrast, raw water remains untested, unregulated and untreated, leaving its safety to drink in question.—
Bill Sullivan,
The Conversation,
27 Jan. 2025
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Shooting on location at the relevant Rijeka cites, scenes are staged and choreographed exactingly, using a vast archive of 10,000 photographs that the would-be leader had taken to document his would-be triumph.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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Twenty years ago, Paradise Now — a comedy about would-be Palestinian suicide bombers — was backed by a Warner Bros. subsidiary.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
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The dismissals come less than three weeks after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people and brought new scrutiny to air traffic controllers and their workloads.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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The video discussion started with benchmarks, details about xAI's new data center and the desire to create a chatbot that didn't need to be politically correct.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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While the German shepherd is politely holding back, his opponent can't wait to tuck in, to the point that his owner has to physically stop him from grabbing the unseasoned spaghetti before the contest even started.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Other human foods that cats can eat unseasoned and without bones are salmon, chicken, turkey, beef, organ meat, shrimp, lamb, pork and canned tuna in spring water only.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
12 Dec. 2024
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The only concern that may be raised would be if people constantly wait for the goods to go on sale and not buy them when the goods are fresh.—
Peiyu Lin,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Getty Images The rest of Gomez's Santa Barbara festival look was just as fresh and unfussy as her waves.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
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These categories are color-coded in yellow, green, blue and purple, with yellow being the easiest category and purple the hardest.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The app said the plane landed, but his text messages to his wife, instead of being green, were suddenly blue.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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