Thesaurus results for TRYING (OUT)

trying (out)

verb

Definition of trying (out)

present participle of try (out)

as in testing

to put (something) to a test want to try out my new skateboard? tried out his skill at archery

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The senators cited a fall 2025 UC San Diego faculty work group paper that found about 1 in 12 incoming UCSD freshmen were testing below high school math standards, a share that the report said grew nearly thirtyfold since 2020.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
The department has also started testing public-charge bonds, which can allow some applicants initially denied on public-charge grounds to receive visas after posting money as a financial guarantee.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

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The alternative is making it in the third week of an audit, with someone else's sampling frame deciding what your systems should have been able to answer.

— JP Montoya, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Survey methods include live capture, audio recordings and sampling their genetic material from the environment.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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