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
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
"It was a hell of a task...a lot of trial and error," he recalled.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
"It was a lot of trial and error and going back to the whiteboard," Martini says.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
Millwrights had learnt by trial and error what worked and what did not, but rapid advance required systematic experimentation, and this only occurred after the experimental method had been elevated to a new intellectual status.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
