How to Use testing ground in a Sentence
testing ground
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The great news is that social is a great testing ground.
—Stephanie Schafer, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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That was a really good testing ground what might be plausible for the next step in Khanate.
—Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 25 May 2023
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Evans says that as a first demonstration, CryoHub will be a testing ground.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2019
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High-stakes environments are a kind of testing ground for this idea.
—Simin Cai, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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The campaign trail will prove the ultimate testing ground, speaking to Emhoff’s values as much as his sense of style.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2024
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Workers built barracks, roads and piers, setting the stage for the island to become the Navy’s premier weapons testing ground.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
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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
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Lenovo has used the ThinkBook Plus models as a testing ground for all sorts of new display paradigms in the past.
—Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
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Sleepaway camp can be the perfect testing ground for helping parents let go and let their children grow.
—Emily Edlynn, Parents, 23 Oct. 2023
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In 2014, the village became the testing ground for Mr. Civantos’s acequia restoration project.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 19 July 2023
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The Dallas-area store is to be a testing ground for Sam's Club's latest features and technology.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Oct. 2024
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Ukraine has become a giant testing ground for drones from all over the world - the United States, Germany, Poland, and other partner countries.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
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Almost as if the Triassic was a testing ground that resulted in the largest dinosaurs that ever lived in the Cretaceous.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 26 July 2023
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Many saw this limited release as a testing ground for a thinner device.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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The West Bank has long been seen as a testing ground for Israeli surveillance technology and tactics.
—WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
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At the same time, Ukraine has become a testing ground for an array of air-defense systems, according to the Ukrainian military.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2024
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Tales from this testing ground suggest that AI agents will be able to do impressive things in the near future that will make digital life much easier.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2024
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Over the course of these exchanges, Central Asia has emerged as a testing ground for security instruments that Beijing has yet to use elsewhere.
—Temur Umarov, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2023
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The region, home to nearly 700 million people, is often seen as a testing ground for China’s attempts to expand its power.
—Huong Le Thu, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
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Bencic used the events in Luxembourg and France as a testing ground — not just to see where her game was at, but also how things would work logistically with a baby daughter in tow.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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But, this is a testing ground for innovation that could permeate the company.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2023
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In Newport Beach, the chemicals in shallow groundwater were left by a former testing ground for missile systems.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
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Between your average car or a large Class 8 truck, companies across the country are using Texas as a testing ground for this new technology, which could change how freight is hauled.
—Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
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The idea is to create a testing ground for new tech that could improve patients’ health while making hospital processes more efficient.
—Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 8 Oct. 2023
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Many have found an outlet in sports—for decades a testing ground for gender equality in the Islamic Republic, where women were not even allowed in the same stadium as men.
—Forough Alaei, TIME, 13 July 2024
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Jones and Bowen say that universities offer a live testing ground for many generative AI use cases.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 18 Jan. 2024
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Under the dictator Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus has often served as a testing ground for methods of repression.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
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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
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Though supplements and alt-milks are just a small part of the city’s vast and diverse food scene, Southern California has a long history as a testing ground for experiments in health and wellness.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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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
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