trial and error
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The feat followed trial and error that initially saw him mollycoddle corals in stress-free environments, but those easily perished in the ocean once transplanted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
"I started 3D-printing them and I made lots of little tweaks. After a lot of trial and error, eventually these started to work really well."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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 criminals, like everyone else, are still trying to figure out how best to use AI through trial and error.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Still, Zhang Hemin and Huang Yan recognized that this first attempt would also be mostly trial and error.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
