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Recent Examples of trial and error
After many years of medication trial and error, my life started getting on track.
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Developing this skillset came with a lot of trial and error, and resulted in a few broken luggage zippers along the way.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
Becoming a self-fashioned spy took some trial and error, however.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
For Golden’s program to reach this point has required trial and error and the ability to weather ups and downs.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Developing this skillset came with a lot of trial and error, and resulted in a few broken luggage zippers along the way.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
Becoming a self-fashioned spy took some trial and error, however.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
For Golden’s program to reach this point has required trial and error and the ability to weather ups and downs.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for trial and error
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial and error
Noun
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In our tests, however, the RW402B came out slightly lower on the quality scale.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
1 Feb. 2025
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SpaceX also criticized delays in licensing Starship test flights last year.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The experiments aboard Blue Origin's space capsule examined how to process lunar soil to extract resources and how to manufacture solar cells on the Moon for Blue Origin's Blue Alchemist project.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
7 Feb. 2025
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For their experiment, the researchers took six two-year-old adult mini pigs and surgically extracted their third incisor and first premolar teeth.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There’s a lot of home gym equipment out there to choose from—so, why choose to use bands in your workouts?—
Jordan Galloway,
SELF,
4 Feb. 2025
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Some were participating in organized workouts for the first time.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The practice’s endurance fulfilled an array of Confederate needs.—
Robert Colby,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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Ultimately, the majority of council concurred, but with two stipulations: Fidelity must employ at least 45 full-time employees at the new center and its staff levels and hours must be consistent with normal business practices of banks.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In the midst of the week’s rehearsals, Chalamet received his second Oscar nomination for his part as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Jan. 2025
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Carmen insisted on three months of full-time rehearsals.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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To learn more about how sitting affects the body, and why these exercises are important, read our first piece in the series.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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Regular physical exercise increases blood flow to the brain, promoting new neural connections and reducing cognitive decline risk.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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During the first trial on vehicular homicide and manslaughter charges, prosecutors alleged Read backed her car into O’Keefe and ran him over in a fit of passion, and then left him to die in the snow.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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Other defendants in the case are still awaiting trial.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In a recent essay for Vanity Fair, Lorraine recalled being a child when her father, now 87, romanced the former Twin Peaks star, now 54, in the late 1990s and early 2000s.—
Eric Andersson,
People.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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Online speculation about Mangione's safety in prison has arisen after fellow inmate Vaughn Wright wrote in an online essay that Mangione was wearing an anti-suicide smock, called a turtle suit, instead of a standard uniform.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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