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)
Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
After scouting him at a Bronx tryout, Cleveland signed him to a minor-league contract for a $3,000 bonus in 1951.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
How much of the show changed during its Chicago tryout?
—Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Consider this a tryout on a major stage for Jacobs.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2024
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The Whalers didn’t make the playoffs in 2018 or 2019, either, and the first year after the pandemic didn’t bring many players to tryouts.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
After scouting him at a Bronx tryout, Cleveland signed him to a minor-league contract for a $3,000 bonus in 1951.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
How much of the show changed during its Chicago tryout?
—Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Consider this a tryout on a major stage for Jacobs.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2024
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The Washington Post reported having only momentary access to TikTok after testing multiple VPN applications on iPhones and Androids, including Mozilla, Mullvad and NordVPN, on Saturday, while NBC News reported testing two VPNs Sunday that failed to access the app.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Katy Perry, in the midst of a rebrand, tested out the look in a three-piece set from Artemisi.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
18 Jan. 2025
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Soderbergh watched playback of each rehearsal to ensure the movements felt authentic to the scene and to his character of the ghost, who reacts to the events in specific ways, like hiding behind clothing in Chloe’s closet and floating up and down the stairs in search of the family members.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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This festival will be the culmination of a weekend of rehearsals, lectures, and worship at the Village Church.—
Del Mar Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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Friday's report also included a review of FSIS's own practices and procedures to prevent the spread of listeria, including ways to enhance its regulatory and sampling approach to the illness.—
Clare Marie Schneider,
NPR,
11 Jan. 2025
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Coast to Crest hike The Coast to Crest Challenge starts its eighth year this month for hikers to sample San Dieguito River Park’s trail network by finishing a series of five hikes, organized by the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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Several staffers have been working with Butler at Kaseya Center during the suspension, workouts that remain required, even amid suspensions, according to the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
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The excursion was part of a week of workouts, dinners and bonding organized by veterans Jarrett Stidham and Courtland Sutton.—
Nick Kosmider,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Though the state has long relied on prison labor to fight fires, the practice is controversial as the inmates are paid little for dangerous and difficult work.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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These practices can admittedly destroy some of the oil’s naturally beneficial components, too, including antioxidants like polyphenols, and introduce very low levels of some unsupportive compounds, such as trans-fatty acids, Dr. Mozaffarian says.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
13 Jan. 2025
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Gemini [archival audio]: Key body-weight exercises, squats, stand with feet shoulder-width apart, lower your hips as if sitting in a chair, keeping your back straight and chest up.—
Lauren Goode,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
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Not all the gains of exercise occur in your muscles, anyway.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
16 Jan. 2025
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