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
Manufacturing HBM at scale requires expertise that must be built up over multiple iterations of trial and error.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Through repeated trial and error, the system learned to recognize meaningful patterns in the molecular structures.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 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
All of that knowledge is acquired by observation and by trial and error.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
