tested

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The controversial felony charges tested a legal theory that someone in a crowd of protesters could face heavy criminal liability, even if they weren’t directly accused of vandalism or other crimes reported during the demonstration.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

This screening also identified people who were unlikely to benefit because none of the tested foot angle changes reduced loading in their knees.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Among all the amino acids tested, cysteine produced the strongest regenerative effect on both stem cells and progenitor cells, which eventually mature into adult intestinal cells.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Esthwaite Water, a small lake draining into Windermere, "remained a concern under every future scenario" tested.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Like the realists, we must insist that it is not so difficult to tell good science from bad, as long as you agree that knowledge should be carefully and systematically tested against experience.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton