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Trial run

noun

Trying something to find out about it. Synonyms: test, trial, tryout. "A trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"

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"Trial run" Quotes from Famous Books

... revolt, sir," he told Bors, "is spreading everywhere! On Cela, sir, there are great space-ship yards, where they build craft for the Mekinese navy. Not long ago they finished one and it went out to space for a trial run. It didn't come back. Sabotage. Everybody knew it. The Mekinese raged. A little while later they finished another ship. But the Mekinese were smart! They sent it off for its trial run with only Celans on board. If there were sabotage this time, it wouldn't be Mekinese who died ...

— Talents, Incorporated • William Fitzgerald Jenkins

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