prototype
Example Sentences
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Billions of dollars have been invested in the technology, and in 2018 the US Navy ordered two DEW prototypes for around $75 million each.
From Barron's
“I used the art world as a stage to test the proof of concepts and prototypes,” Halsey said.
From Los Angeles Times
Equipped initially only with ideas and not a working prototype, Pollen and Isherwood sought cooperation and support from the British Admiralty.
Cabinet Office minister Darren Jones is later unveiling the prototype of what he called "government by app" as he launched an eight-week consultation exercise to seek the public's views on how the technology should work.
From BBC
The liver fibrosis assay described in the study remains a prototype and has not yet been introduced as a clinical test.
From Science Daily
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