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as in ordeal
a test of faith, patience, or strength
living with her insufferable relatives was a real trial
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as in rehearsal
a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance
ran another trial of the aerial performance before opening night
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as in test
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
trials by medical researchers haven't determined whether the medication is safe or not
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as in headache
something that is a source of irritation
trying to have a coherent phone conversation with his senile father was always a trial
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as in experimental
made or done as an experiment
a trial medical procedure that should be considered only after all other options have been exhausted
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Recent Examples of trial
Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Wednesday morning, Miami-Dade Assistant State Attorney Khalil Quinan told Judge Young that a grand jury had returned an indictment against Grimes on charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery and attempted armed robbery and said the state would seek his death at trial.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Defendant Brenda Andrew is led into the courtroom in Oklahoma City, Monday, July 12, 2004, following a break in the closing arguments of her murder trial.
—CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
Vo’s lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Paul Feuerwerker, predicted the prosecution’s case would fall apart during trial.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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But at trial, Ulbricht was convicted on all counts and then-Manhattan Federal Court Judge Katherine Forrest dropped the hammer, sentencing him to life in prison.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Wednesday morning, Miami-Dade Assistant State Attorney Khalil Quinan told Judge Young that a grand jury had returned an indictment against Grimes on charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery and attempted armed robbery and said the state would seek his death at trial.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Defendant Brenda Andrew is led into the courtroom in Oklahoma City, Monday, July 12, 2004, following a break in the closing arguments of her murder trial.
—CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
Vo’s lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Paul Feuerwerker, predicted the prosecution’s case would fall apart during trial.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial
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Kaine said she’s grown wary of SpaceX’s response to the ordeal and the Starship program in general.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
30 Jan. 2025
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The entire ordeal was captured by multiple videos and placed online.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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In the midst of the week’s rehearsals, Chalamet received his second Oscar nomination for his part as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Jan. 2025
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Carmen insisted on three months of full-time rehearsals.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
25 Jan. 2025
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To run a test campaign on RCS, Listrak teamed with its client, Dooney & Bourke.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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Under the Constitution’s Elections Clause, judges cannot intrude on state lawmakers’ authority to regulate federal elections, but the high court’s decision did not set a specific test for determining when that boundary is crossed.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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With this in mind, Germany began to increase their naval activity around Greenland while launching multiple covert attempts to establish their own weather stations on the island.—
James Patton Rogers & Caroline Kennedy Pipe / Made by History ,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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Tracing the mole’s evolutionary heritage For years the marsupial mole’s strange, specialised traits have frustrated attempts to determine precisely who its closest relatives actually are.—
Charles Feigin / The Conversation,
Popular Science,
23 Jan. 2025
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Other research has found that living near a factory farm is positively associated with risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia, and people who live near them report higher rates of headaches, depression, anger, and respiratory symptoms, such as asthma.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
23 Jan. 2025
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People with bird flu may get pink eye (conjunctivitis), a cough, a sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue and fever.—
Hatty Willmoth,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Moscow has launched next-generation weapons against Kyiv throughout the nearly three years of war in Ukraine, including an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile in November and several hypersonic missiles.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Her recent works, however, including The Colors Within and the 2021 historical epic series The Heike Story, have been produced under Science SARU, a studio known for its multinational staff, international co-productions, and more experimental styles.—
Kayti Burt,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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Naked Burn Gel for fire stunts; Dustin Brooks and Colin Decker for the development of Fire for Hire’s naked burn gel; and Attila T. Áfra for the Intel Open Image Denoise, and Timo Aila for his work at NVIDIA applying U-Nets to denoising.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Giorgio’s Discotheque Sunset at EDITION Giorgio’s Discotheque, from famed LA club promoter Bryan Rabin, will return, this year supporting MusiCares Disaster Relief via a $30 donation required for entry that will go towards fire relief efforts.—
Kirsten Chuba,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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In a social media post uploaded earlier in the day, Ami shared a preview of what fans could expect from the fashion show.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Variety has an exclusive preview of the meta backstage comedy, which begins preview performances on March 11 ahead of opening night on April 10 at the Imperial Theatre.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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