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trial

[trahy-uhl, trahyl] / ˈtraɪ əl, traɪl /






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This approach can produce reliable conclusions more quickly than a conventional trial while maintaining scientific rigor.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

That culminated in a 1,200m time trial which suggested he was in the shape to achieve it, clocking 2:42.45 to leave him with more than one minute to cover the remaining 400m.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Manufacturing HBM at scale requires expertise that must be built up over multiple iterations of trial and error.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

The U.K. drugmaker said it decided to terminate development of the drug for chronic cough after it delivered mixed results in a late-stage study and missed primary and secondary objectives in another trial.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

“This period was one of the most intense, frightening, and meaningful times of my life,” Patricia Ellsberg later said of the months leading up to the trial.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Their study found that KCL-286, an experimental drug originally developed for spinal cord injury that has already passed Phase 1 safety trials, reduced multiple hallmarks of Alzheimer's in a mouse model.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

States haven’t typically gone off on their own in merger trials, relying mostly on the federal government to judge which deals to oppose.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

It is the first - out of four vaccines under development - to enter clinical trials.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

After his electoral defeat in 1912, Candice Millard writes in “The River of Doubt,” Roosevelt “sought to purge his disappointment by throwing himself headlong against the cruelest trials that nature could offer him.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

She should go down once more to the laundry to see whether the trials of Jackson were at an end.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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