Thesaurus results for TRIES (OUT)

tries (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of try (out)

as in tests

to put (something) to a test want to try out my new skateboard? tried out his skill at archery

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Adam Hamilton’s campaign tests whether Democrats can find religion.

— Emma Green, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
Britain wants to pour another £120 million — roughly $160 million — into a government lab that tests the world’s most powerful AI models, an infusion of cash that alone is more than 10 times the annual budget of its US counterpart.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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Cooke samples an absorbing range of hoaxes, from the college students who convinced the world that an imaginary Scotsman had invented the electric toaster to the Chinese housewife who fabricated an entire war out of boredom.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
The Weeknd has debuted an unreleased new song that samples one of the most iconic pieces of music in anime history, premiering the track live at the opening of the Asian leg of his After Hours Til Dawn tour.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2026

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