trial and error
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Eventually, such knowledge might allow doctors to determine which therapies are most likely to help individual patients, potentially reducing the amount of trial and error involved in treatment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
Perfecting the rain-soaked rumble and other key moments took some trial and error.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
In particular, it has increased the resources devoted to reinforcement learning, a step later in the training process that teaches models to perform skills through trial and error, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
The Allies, after much trial and error, learned to use their tanks effectively in coordination with artillery barrages, infantry assaults, and—toward the end of the war—attacks by low-flying aircraft.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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