time trial
noun
: a competitive event (as in auto racing) in which individuals are successively timed over a set course or distance
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He posted the second best lap in the time trials.
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Still, that initial time trial inspired one of the oldest auto races in America, the Mount Washington Hillclimb, which has been sporadically held along the road since 1904.
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Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
After winning the 2019 time trial by a record 92 seconds, Dygert crashed at 2020 worlds in Italy, badly lacerating her left leg.
—David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
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Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
After winning the 2019 time trial by a record 92 seconds, Dygert crashed at 2020 worlds in Italy, badly lacerating her left leg.
—David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Time trial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20trial. Accessed 30 May. 2024.
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