on a trial basis
idiom
: for a short period of time in order to try something out
I'm using the product on a trial basis.
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Measurements were taken this year in spring training before the system was used on a trial basis at select parks in Cactus and Grapefruit League games.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
China launched its own digital yuan, the e-CNY issued by its central bank, on a trial basis in 2019, and McDonalds was an early participant in that project.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Humanoid robots manufactured by UBTECH Robotics are already being deployed on a trial basis to assemble Apple phones for Foxconn and electric vehicles for Zeeker and BYD.
—Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The adopters currently have Olympus on a trial basis.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
China launched its own digital yuan, the e-CNY issued by its central bank, on a trial basis in 2019, and McDonalds was an early participant in that project.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Humanoid robots manufactured by UBTECH Robotics are already being deployed on a trial basis to assemble Apple phones for Foxconn and electric vehicles for Zeeker and BYD.
—Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The adopters currently have Olympus on a trial basis.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
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“On a trial basis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20trial%20basis. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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