proving ground
noun
1
: a place for scientific experimentation or testing (as of vehicles or weapons)
2
: a place where something is developed or tried out
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Healthcare, with its need for security, speed, and convenience, is an ideal, if challenging, proving ground for biometric technology.
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Roger Dooley, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
There are also not that many suitable tracks or proving grounds on which to test super-fast speeds owing to the length required, which is why airport runways are often used.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
As stakeholders recalibrate their approaches, secondaries offer a proving ground for innovative capital strategies that could influence private equity far into the future.
—Henri Steenkamp, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
This is a proving ground of American sound and literature.
—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
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Roger Dooley, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
There are also not that many suitable tracks or proving grounds on which to test super-fast speeds owing to the length required, which is why airport runways are often used.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
As stakeholders recalibrate their approaches, secondaries offer a proving ground for innovative capital strategies that could influence private equity far into the future.
—Henri Steenkamp, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
This is a proving ground of American sound and literature.
—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Proving ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proving%20ground. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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