field-test
verb (used with object)
to test (a device or product) under various conditions of actual use.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Around the same time, however, Mr. Tusk’s firm was field-testing an alternative approach.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2019