decisive test

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Those were supposed to get etched last week—only for Anthropic to undergo a decisive test for its oft-professed ethical boundaries.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

“And now a decisive test has been completed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Now the administration is facing a potentially decisive test of whether Mr. Biden’s rhetoric will be translated into meaningful action.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2021

But none of these frameworks are widely accepted, for none has yet passed the decisive test of experimental investigation.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2020

More to the point, the bomb program was moving toward a concrete conclusion, with plans laid for a decisive test in the desert.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik