How to Use testing ground in a Sentence

testing ground

noun
  • For Google, the team is a live testing ground.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Esports could serve as a testing ground for new cyborg sports.
    — John Cairney, Sportico.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • For Peel, Venice is not just a backdrop but a testing ground.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
  • High-stakes environments are a kind of testing ground for this idea.
    — Simin Cai, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Those two numbers indicate this is the perfect testing ground for a new type of smart phone.
    — Hadley Stern, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • With such big-name backers, the race is considered a key testing ground for both parties.
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Wuhan serves as a major testing ground and early deployment hub.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Austin is a common testing ground for autonomous car brands.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Sleepaway camp can be the perfect testing ground for helping parents let go and let their children grow.
    — Emily Edlynn, Parents, 23 Oct. 2023
  • That was a really good testing ground what might be plausible for the next step in Khanate.
    — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 25 May 2023
  • And yet, with the Ukraine war providing a real-time testing ground for new tech, there are signs of change.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Evans says that as a first demonstration, CryoHub will be a testing ground.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Saft was thirty, living for the first time on his own, and the apartment became his testing ground for staging tricks.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Van Auken’s role is, in a sense, a testing ground for what the new mayor can make socialism mean to his constituents.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The vineyards of upstate New York have proven to be an excellent testing ground.
    — Hope Hodge Seck, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • In some cases, the markets have provided a testing ground for in-store technologies.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The campaign trail will prove the ultimate testing ground, speaking to Emhoff’s values as much as his sense of style.
    — Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The pandemic offered a good testing ground for ideas around homeschooling that had been around for decades, Dankworth said.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Given that the alliance was just formed in March, Bolivia may serve as the first major testing ground for the group.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2026
  • But, this is a testing ground for innovation that could permeate the company.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Workers built barracks, roads and piers, setting the stage for the island to become the Navy’s premier weapons testing ground.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • It has been used as a testing ground for new economic policies, the country’s first mobile phone network and the first card payment system.
    — Peter Guo, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • North America is the natural testing ground.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Beyond product, the space is intended to be a testing ground for deeper customer engagement.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The phone line terminations serve as a testing ground for the task force's approach to cost reduction across federal agencies.
    — Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
  • Nobody Knows Anything will be the studio’s first official project, and a testing ground for future ideas.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The most important testing ground for LiDAR right now isn’t on highways but on lawns.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The most important testing ground for LiDAR right now isn’t on highways but on lawns.
    — Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The district is known as a testing ground for AI and new energy vehicle companies.
    — Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Chitons are a particularly rich testing ground.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026

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