test bed
noun
: a vehicle (such as an airplane) used for testing new equipment (such as engines or weapons systems)
broadly
: any device, facility, or means for testing something in development
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Although California was the early test bed for autonomous driving tech, the much more permissive regulatory environment in the Lone Star State, plus lots of wide, straight roads and mostly good weather, ticked enough boxes to see companies like Waymo and Zoox set up shop there.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Stand up a synthetic test bed in one product area with a guardrail on acceptable accuracy deltas versus production data.
—Jagbir Kaur, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The idea is to build a test bed that incorporates six control drums on the periphery of a dummy reactor.
—David Szondy
september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
In contrast to Beijing’s more conservative stance in mainland China, Hong Kong, as a special administrative region of the country, has become the nation’s test bed for remaining globally competitive in finance.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 27 July 2025
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Stand up a synthetic test bed in one product area with a guardrail on acceptable accuracy deltas versus production data.
—Jagbir Kaur, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The idea is to build a test bed that incorporates six control drums on the periphery of a dummy reactor.
—David Szondy
september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
In contrast to Beijing’s more conservative stance in mainland China, Hong Kong, as a special administrative region of the country, has become the nation’s test bed for remaining globally competitive in finance.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 27 July 2025
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“Test bed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test%20bed. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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