test-bed
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He is the head of technical consulting at the Smart Mobility Living Lab, which was set up with the help of government funding to create a test-bed for connected and self-driving technology in London.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023
“Using London as a test-bed for innovation, the retailer will trial and develop new formats and initiatives,” it said in a statement.
From Reuters • Feb. 24, 2022
And for GM, it provided an invaluable R&D test-bed for its future electric car efforts.
From The Verge • Dec. 1, 2018
“But it also became a test-bed for policy; by spending a lot of time with developers you could see in real time what issues were causing them problems.”
From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2015
Nigeria’s promise has made it a test-bed for the Africa strategies of consumer-goods firms.
From Economist • Aug. 21, 2014
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
