time-tested
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of time-tested
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Crochet, who did not have preexisting conditions and was fully vaccinated at the time, tested positive in August 2021, his wife, Rachel Crochet, told The Post.
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2022
One resident, who died of sepsis during that time, tested positive for salmonella.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2019
Most things in the marketplace — including the labor market — are the way they are because they are time tested and work.”
From Washington Times • Jun. 11, 2018
And asking the same question in a slightly different manner is a time tested technique in law enforcement.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2014
The effect of the process was, from time to time, tested, by holding out a finger near to the creature’s face.
From Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by Scoresby, William
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