tried-and-true
adjective
: proved good, desirable, or feasible : shown or known to be worthy
a tried-and-true sales technique
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a tried-and-true friend who has always been there for me
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
Even with a tried-and-true core cast, Hotel wins the superlative of being the first AHS anthology to go off the rails right at the onset.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
The tried-and-true thing right now in our house is KPop Demon Hunters.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
But the tried-and-true route is still a valuable option, and New York alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan has made the most out of the music’s supportive scaffolding.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tried-and-true
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“Tried-and-true.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tried-and-true. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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