as in traditional
chiefly US
done or used for a long time and proved to be effective
These time-tested methods have worked for farmers for hundreds of years.
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Recent Examples of time-tested
While effective and time-tested, these methods are limited by human memory and data-processing capacity; not because of a lack of expertise, but because human brains are naturally limited in handling large datasets.
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Andrei Kasyanau, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
In that workshop, artisans, craftspeople and mechanics were assembling vehicles, new and old, using modern and time-tested techniques.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Its rituals have been fine-tuned and time-tested to respond to human needs.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 20 Oct. 2024
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The unique aspect of our business is this elegant mix of cutting-edge technology on the consumer-facing side and time-tested, analog processes on the backend.
—Dave Knox, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Because there’s something deeper out there, something lasting and time-tested.
—Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2024
Others are filmed with identical sounds that are time-tested for virality.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2024
But the six Native American and Alaska Native participants in this show blend the time-tested with the innovative, sometimes venturing into territory that isn’t very traditional at all.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
In fact, the allure of hairy men is time-tested, and no joke.
—Maverick Li, Men's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
Andrei Kasyanau, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
In that workshop, artisans, craftspeople and mechanics were assembling vehicles, new and old, using modern and time-tested techniques.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Its rituals have been fine-tuned and time-tested to respond to human needs.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 20 Oct. 2024
This Week Comet Tracker Tonight: When And Where On Monday To See It At Its Best
The unique aspect of our business is this elegant mix of cutting-edge technology on the consumer-facing side and time-tested, analog processes on the backend.
—Dave Knox, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Because there’s something deeper out there, something lasting and time-tested.
—Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2024
Others are filmed with identical sounds that are time-tested for virality.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2024
But the six Native American and Alaska Native participants in this show blend the time-tested with the innovative, sometimes venturing into territory that isn’t very traditional at all.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
In fact, the allure of hairy men is time-tested, and no joke.
—Maverick Li, Men's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time-tested
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The Off Season move is the latest step taken by Fanatics to move beyond traditional fan gear.Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Seven years later, in December 2014, the couple married in a traditional Samoan ceremony on Disney’s Castaway Cay, a private island in the Bahamas.Katie Mannion, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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As in the novel the story is based on, the events kick off with the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which was a revolt during the late Eastern Han dynasty of ancient China.Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
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Met Gala to a dusty archaeological dig in 1930s Egypt in this masterful historical mystery centering on a cursed ancient artifact.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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That led various departments to buy archaic typewriters, 28 kinds of typewriter ribbons, and 132 kinds of pencils.Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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In the immediate aftermath of the event, it was reported (including here and here and here), and then spread widely on social media, that this was because Southwest was still using an archaic version of Microsoft Windows that had never received the problematic CrowdStrike update.Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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