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Noun
Score the bedding and towels our testers reach for on repeat — plus so many more home essentials — for 15 percent off.—Averi Baudler, People.com, 8 July 2025 One tester noted zero bunion discomfort, even after full days of walking and standing.—Lauren Paige Richeson, Health, 30 June 2025 In the real world, my Blazer SS tester had about 260-ish miles (418 km) of range per charge (the performance model is significantly less efficient).—New Atlas, 30 June 2025 Many failed social apps have strong feedback from early testers, but fail to scale because the use case isn’t sticky or the need isn’t strong enough to build a habit.—Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tester
Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
Middle English, headboard of a bed, canopy, from Anglo-French, from teste head, from Late Latin testa skull, from Latin, shell
Noun (3)
modification of Middle French testart, from teston
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