TRIALS Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

trials

noun

plural of trial

as in ordeals

a test of faith, patience, or strength living with her insufferable relatives was a real trial

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as in rehearsals

a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance ran another trial of the aerial performance before opening night

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as in tests

a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty trials by medical researchers haven't determined whether the medication is safe or not

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as in attempts

an effort to do or accomplish something will rest and make another trial at climbing the mountain

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as in headaches

something that is a source of irritation trying to have a coherent phone conversation with his senile father was always a trial

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Recent Examples of trials But Mangione’s defense lost arguments to exclude the gun and his writings from being used at the trials after both judges found the search of his backpack that produced that evidence was legal. — Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 Deal of the Week Swiss biotech Vaderis Therapeutics raised $152 million from Goldman Sachs Alternatives and TCGX, among others, to run late-stage trials on its potential therapy for a rare bleeding disorder. — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Hart’s sensitive direction deftly balances the trials of a mom facing the end of her life much too soon with a major moment in the life of a teenage daughter just hitting her stride at the same moment in a family turned upside down. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026 Separate trials will be held in district court for the claims of other plaintiffs, including 25 other state AGs that allege violations of state consumer protection laws and the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026 The treatments these clinics offer were developed from case studies published in the late 1990s and have recently been tested in larger trials. — Dawn Fallik, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026 The federal jail facility houses defendants awaiting criminal trials; adjacent is an immigration detention facility known as B-18. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 Based upon their replies, occupying Allied officials ranked their culpability, then tried the worst offenders — most famously in the Nuremberg trials, but also in numerous local tribunals. — Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 After seven years and three trials, a jury found their sons Lyle and Erik, sole beneficiaries of the multimillion-dollar estate, guilty. — USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The two have remained united throughout the murder investigation and subsequent legal ordeals regarding Kohberger.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Through their fantastical ordeals, the X-Men illustrate qualities that inspire viewers, young and old.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

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Lifeson was tweaking those sounds all through the rehearsals, and Lee didn’t always love the 30-minute delays that could result.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
The director and ringleader, Havelock Titus, asks himself this question more than a decade after those hopeful rehearsals.

— Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

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Tromso’s substantial first-leg cushion did at least provide Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler and his staff with a bit more time to prepare for the tests that await them.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
For example, a European Space Agency program to demonstrate small, suborbital hops called Themis was originally supposed to perform low-altitude hop tests by 2022.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

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According to a GoFundMe set up to fund her ongoing treatment, severe headaches and blurred vision were among the initial symptoms Katie experienced before her cancer diagnosis.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
Aviation pro Andres Celis says large roller bags that don’t fit properly in overhead bins can create unnecessary headaches during boarding as crew members try to find a place for them.

— Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026

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In one series of experiments, Cao and his team processed 21 million cells, sampled from 14 tissues or organs in about 50 male and female mice at five life stages, and built a data set of gene expression for each cell.

— Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
In the study, the researchers assembled a group of more than 9,300 people—some doctors, some other medical caregivers, some from the general population—and ran 14 different experiments on them.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Aug. 2026

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