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tryout

[trahy-out] / ˈtraɪˌaʊt /
NOUN
test
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NOUN
trial run
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“That’s hard to do. But at many of these places, you can do a tryout and stay in a unit for a week,” said Horowitz.

From MarketWatch May 8, 2026

Also baseball players are not allowed to participate in a professional tryout during their season.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

But on the day it mattered most, she flubbed her tryout and failed to make the team.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

The show is inspired by a 2022 short video featuring an undercover Eli Manning as a walk-on at a Penn State football tryout.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

With the first tryout tomorrow, the only thing scheduled for Junior Agent trainees today is something called Supernatural Immersion.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

“Some of the people didn’t actually get to make it to tryouts, so there’s some people that are drafted that I haven’t even seen in person before. It’s all exciting.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

But, according to the coach, it hasn't deterred hopefuls from applying, and this year was the first year the team's considered tryouts from people who have seen America's Sweethearts.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Any fan interested was to report to the Freeman Coliseum—a historic rodeo arena next door to the Spurs’ home court—for tryouts.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

But the competition at tryouts every year gets 10 times harder, two-time national team member Ashlea Klam said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2025

He attended an informational meeting to find out about seventh-grade basketball tryouts.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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