tried-and-true
Example Sentences
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“Forgetting was a tried-and-true way for sheep to get over their sorrows,” Swann observes in her book.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Consider a few tried-and-true methods — and some novel ones — to ease the pain at the pump.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
Unfortunately, the tried-and-true strategy had one of its worst years on record in 2022.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
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 • Dec. 28, 2025
Sometimes kids used MSN Messenger to connect, but mostly we used the tried-and-true, the one and only, the magical portal that was AOL Instant Messenger.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
