testing ground

noun

: a place where machines, vehicles, etc., are tested to see if they are working correctly

a testing ground for weapons

: a place or situation in which new ideas, methods, etc., can be tried

Her class served as a testing ground for new teaching methods.

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Meta hasn’t mentioned if they’ll eventually be rolled out to its other platforms, but given Instagram was the first to launch broadcast channels it may be being used as a testing ground. —

Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024 From autonomous drones to facial recognition algorithms designed to recognize perpetrators of war crimes, the conflict in Ukraine has become a testing ground for the use of artificial intelligence in warfare. —

Bernard Marr, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 The sole ownership of Las Vegas allows Liberty to use the event as a testing ground for ways to grow the business. —

Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 23 Nov. 2024 If so, the 2026 election in Quebec could become the testing ground for a third independence referendum for the mainly French-speaking province. —

Ian Bremmer, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for testing ground

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