cut and try

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When economists call themselves pragmatists, they mean that they are the opposite of dogmatists, that they are wary of broad theories, that they lean to the cut-and-try approach to public problems, and that they believe it is possible to improve the functioning of the economy by tinkering with it.

From Time Magazine Archive

To test a new missile by the cut-and-try method of actual flight is expensive not only in money, but also in more precious time.

From Time Magazine Archive

He calculates the delicate balances of each part by the cut-and-try method.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nature has no means of reaching success except by the rule of natural selection—the old-fashioned plan of “cut-and-try,” and this means much failure along the road of advance.

From Project Gutenberg

So far, symbols for various processes could only be worked out by cut-and-try, rule-of-thumb methods, using symbols already established, including languages and mathematics.

From Project Gutenberg