trial and error
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Meadows says no one has deciphered why the vineyard produces such exquisite wines, but it is some combination of terroir, or environment, as well as 2,000 years of trial and error by the region’s winemakers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
"At the moment, the development of new medicines is largely a question of trial and error."
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
It took some trial and error to arrive at the 15-minute construct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
"Then I thought, what if we could map the entire brain and gain a much broader view? It took several rounds of testing and trial and error before the measurements and analysis worked well together."
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026
As the landscape evolved, there must have been a long period of trial and error in which plants attempted the colonization of this high and windswept land.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
