How to Use test bed in a Sentence

test bed

noun
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  • Bigger than the Big Apple In some ways, the city may prove a test bed for the rest of the nation.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Since arriving on the scene in 2002, the Tambour has been used as a test bed by the maison.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
  • The Faroes have been a promising test bed for initiatives in medicine.
    — Brendan Borrell, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2013
  • The scientists studying the Kumbh are using it as a test bed for the future.
    — Rebecca Byerly, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2015
  • The contest has the drilling systems extracting water from a test bed of ice, rock and soil.
    — USA TODAY, 10 June 2019
  • That still allows planners to use the model as a test bed to game out the consequences of taking action A, B, or C.
    — M. Mitchell Waldrop, Science | AAAS, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The engines were subjected to flight tests last March when a single turbine was paired to a Boeing 747 test bed.
    — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2019
  • The network could be a test bed for researchers hoping to fix some of the Internet’s flaws, not least the ease with which users can forge or steal identities.
    — Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2018
  • To wit, Russian air defense has improved by using Syria as a test bed.
    — Seth J. Frantzman, National Review, 4 May 2020
  • The stealth fighters are thought to be used as flying test beds for new technologies that could make their way into future aircraft.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Sep. 2017
  • These weapons experts say that Ukraine is now bearing the brunt of Iran’s advanced drone industry, turning the country into a test bed for its weapons.
    — Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • For one thing, Haiyangshan is an obsolete vessel, so China could either use it as a test bed for something or scrap it.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 Dec. 2018
  • Likely for that reason, Shenzhen became the test bed for the largest trial of China’s digital yuan yet, just days ahead of Xi’s arrival.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The platform started with Israelis in New York City -- an obvious test bed given their backgrounds.
    — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
  • But the main purpose of the near-lunar habitat will be as a test bed for the new-generation electric propulsion systems that will also be crucial for a Mars trip.
    — Anatoly Zak, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2016
  • The cells were not expected to produce much power during flight but instead helped serve as a test bed for future ion propulsion engines.
    — Amy Thompson, Smithsonian, 25 June 2019
  • The facility, located at COE, is a test bed for measures to foil nuclear thieves.
    — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 31 Aug. 2017
  • With its headquarters in Seattle, Amazon often used Seattle as a test bed for new products and services.
    — Times Staff, latimes.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Adam Rodnitzky of Tangram Vision uses the Mini—his own—as a rolling test bed to verify the company's software.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022
  • According to the rocket center, the Saturn 1B was one of three launch vehicles in the Saturn family and served as a test bed for the Apollo lunar program.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Until humans reach Mars, the space station serves as a test bed for a multitude of technologies and resources needed for long-term missions in deep space, the researchers said.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Mar. 2021
  • On Tuesday at the Singapore air show, Airbus revealed one of its new technology test beds.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Ford has been using Miami as a test bed for its self-driving vehicles since earlier this year.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2018
  • The moon offers an ideal test bed for the technologies and systems needed for more extensive space exploration.
    — Roger D. Launius For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The Artemis project will also serve as a test bed for technologies developed through public-private partnerships.
    — Wired, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Ukraine has become the latest test bed for misinformation.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The PureWater Lab also serves as a test bed for improved water technologies and processes.
    — Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The discover offers a new test bed for understanding the ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves.
    — National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Once considered mere gathering places for teens, skate parks have emerged in recent years as intriguing test beds for forward-thinking urban ideas.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 13 June 2018
  • In 2001 she was selected to be project manager for a NASA test bed that aimed to understand how spacecraft are affected by their environment.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023

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