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tried-and-true

[trahyd-n-troo] / ˈtraɪd nˈtru /


tried and true


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Season 1 was one of Apple’s biggest hits ever, and so what if it just takes the tried-and-true “Die Hard” playbook and runs with it — as long as it’s a winning formula.

From MarketWatch

That is gumming up private-equity’s tried-and-true formula of raising money from investors to buy companies, then flipping them for a profit a few years later.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tried-and-true strategies to help your grandchildren financially — like 529 college-savings plans or even custodial Roth IRAs — still deserve a place in every grandparent’s playbook.

From MarketWatch

Breaking the fourth wall is a tried-and-true method of calling an audience to attention.

From Los Angeles Times

A lot of his subjects — L.A.’s mother tree, pioneering preacher Aimee Semple McPherson, the first Hass avocado — are tried-and-true terrain for Southern California writers.

From Los Angeles Times