1
: found good, faithful, or trustworthy through experience or testing
a tried recipe
2
: subjected to trials or distress
a kind but much-tried father
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a tried and trusted friend
a tried method for catching sport fish
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Vogue Club, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
Rather than leaning heavily into a tried and true sweater, why not think about a fur coat worn with silken trousers?
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 16 Jan. 2025
How to track your food’s expiration date The easiest labeling method is the tried and true tape and marker.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
As great swaths of Los Angeles are destroyed from multiple wildfires and harsh winds, the 45th and soon to be 47th POTUS made his tried and true tactic of taking to social media to find someone to blame — in this case, Trump’s old West Coast nemesis California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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Vogue Club, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
Rather than leaning heavily into a tried and true sweater, why not think about a fur coat worn with silken trousers?
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 16 Jan. 2025
How to track your food’s expiration date The easiest labeling method is the tried and true tape and marker.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
As great swaths of Los Angeles are destroyed from multiple wildfires and harsh winds, the 45th and soon to be 47th POTUS made his tried and true tactic of taking to social media to find someone to blame — in this case, Trump’s old West Coast nemesis California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Tried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tried. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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