time-tested

Example Sentences

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“Our fruits and vegetables are grown naturally using time-tested methods like companion planting, selecting plant combinations that naturally deter pests and enrich the soil.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

"We've taken a historic decision to elevate our time-tested partnership to a Special Strategic Partnership," Modi said in a post on X.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Asked at this year’s annual meeting about the growing cash pile—and whether he was holding off on purchases ahead of the leadership transition—Buffett said Berkshire was simply following that same time-tested playbook.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

“Its monetary qualities are time-tested for millenia, and in many languages, the word for silver literally means money.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

The time-tested strategy of using those who epitomize moral virtue as symbols in racial justice campaigns is far more difficult to employ in efforts to reform the criminal justice system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander