proving ground

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Vinny said the four business partners were lucky “to open a bar with regulars” after using the pop-ups as a proving ground for their concept.

From Seattle Times

It’s an opportunity for White House aspirants to make an elevator pitch to rank-and-file conservatives in Nevada, a crucial early proving ground that in 2021 replaced its party-run caucuses with a primary.

From New York Times

While there are proving grounds all over the country, New York is its epicenter.

From New York Times

Florida is “the proving ground of what they can get away with,” Dunn said.

From Washington Times

But that effort was just a test, and the Chesapeake Bay a proving ground, for mapping the previously uncharted.

From Seattle Times