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noun

a preliminary performance or test of something, as of the operation of a ship or the effectiveness of a play.

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Origin of trial run

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby trial run

trial jury, trial lawyer, triallist, trial marriage, trialogue, trial run, trials and tribulations, trialware, triamcinolone, Trianda, triangle

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How to use trial run in a sentence

The pandemic gave people who were reluctant about it a sort of trial run.
The Pandemic Moved Classrooms Outside. Let’s Keep It That Way.|lwhelan|August 18, 2021|Outside Online
If Australia allows her to participate, she may benefit from a trial run for potentially bigger games ahead.
This WNBA All-Star Team Will Have Extra Incentive To Win. Who Should Be On It?|Howard Megdal|June 22, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Operators at a Pfizer plant outside Kalamazoo hoped the trial run could provide quick validation of the company’s gamble on a newfangled mRNA technology.
Inside Pfizer’s race to produce the world’s biggest supply of covid vaccine|Christopher Rowland|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
The plans for the musical — which, before the coronavirus shut down American theater, was to have had a trial run in Chicago — represent a wild pivot for a Shakespearean company.
Britney Spears and . . . Shakespeare Theatre? Built on an unlikely coupling, a musical with her songs might be bound for Broadway.|Peter Marks|May 27, 2021|Washington Post

The Port wound up dismantling its project after a year-and-a-half trial run.
Lessons From the Year in Surveillance Tech Debacles|Jesse Marx|December 28, 2020|Voice of San Diego
“We had a pretty good trial run in 2008,” said one person close to the governor.
Happy Huckabee Gets Mad|David Freedlander|May 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In its playfulness, this trial run for revolution set the tone for what was to follow.
A History of American Fun|Stefan Beck|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After a six week trial run, Fox has chosen not to continue forward with the daytime talk show.
Kris Jenner's Talk Show Gets Cancelled, Miley Cyrus's New Song Leaks Online|Culture Team|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For the State of Palestine, as UNESCO recognizes it, the application for the church was a trial run.
The PA's Pitiable Strategy|George Hale|July 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
If Ross had believed that his pre-trial-run cramming had been a rigorous business, he was soon to laugh at that estimation.
The Time Traders|Andre Norton
"Come on, Ned," he said to his chum early one evening after Mr. Swift had said he was too tired to go out on a trial run.
Tom Swift and his Motor-boat|Victor Appleton
You can say I have gone out on a trial run, which won't be a lie, only an understatement.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 31, 1920|Various
Ordinary sort of writing, rather unformed and sprawly, but after a trial run Micky managed a very presentable copy of it.
The Phantom Lover|Ruby M. Ayres
The idea was voted excellent, and the trial run in Russia gave complete satisfaction.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 3, 1920|Various

British Dictionary definitions for trial run

trial run

noun

a test drive in a vehicle to assess its performance

a test or rehearsal of something new or untried to assess its effectiveness

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