testing ground
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Rather than keeping to an established formula, the Ultimate Championship was a bold, innovative undertaking - and it is hoped it can exist as a testing ground to help shape the sport's future.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
It also serves as a testing ground for quantum instruments that could one day support Earth science investigations and future exploration missions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
Israel has served as a real-world testing ground for American weapons systems, providing operational feedback that has helped US defence companies refine and improve their technologies.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
The exercise, whose name translates as “shoulder-to-shoulder” from the local Tagalog language, has also become the prime testing ground for expanded cooperation between America’s allies in the Pacific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Human latrines, like those of aardvarks, may have been a testing ground of the first unconscious crop breeders.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
