field-test
verb (used with object)
to test (a device or product) under various conditions of actual use.
have field-tested
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present perfectof field-test.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Stanford’s myth busters, led by education professor Sam Wineburg and doctoral student Sarah Cotcamp McGrew, have field-tested 15 news-literacy tasks of varying difficulty, with about 50 more in the works.
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2016
Other companies have field-tested a cross between a flounder and a tomato to see if a fish gene can help a fruit stay fresh in freezing weather.
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