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tried out

VERB

evaluate, test

Synonyms

WEAK

appraise audition check out demonstrate experiment fit give a try have a dry run have a fitting inspect practice probe prove put into practice put to the test sample scrutinize taste try for size wear

Antonyms

WEAK

abstain

Example Sentences

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“I tried out for wrestling and loved it,” Datte said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Rings: When you wear the upcoming Sandbar Stream, which I tried out, you raise your hand to your mouth and tap the ring’s touchpad to talk to the AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Scaringe said last month that he tried out UHF during a two-hour trip, during which his Rivian vehicle drove “completely on its own.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

Either way, that clip belongs to her joke-posting era, when the burgeoning comic performer tried out material on Twitter and sharpened her punchlines at New York City open mics.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

At first we reckoned they tried out different diseases and medicines, but there’d be no reason to start that all of a sudden two or three years back.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman