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trial and error
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trial and error
trying repeatedly for success. I finally found the right key after lots of trial and error. Sometimes trial and error is the only way to get something done.
See also: and, error, trial


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95 Paperback HB615 Tracy is a consultant and president of his own private online college for business and entrepreneurship, and he has written this step-by-step tutorial on starting a business for entrepreneurs who want to avoid a costly trial-and-error approach.
95 Hardcover TL521 This historical account of the research performed at NASA's Langley Research Center focuses on the wind tunnel testing of radical wings for prototypical or experimental aircraft, and notes how this work differed dramatically from the trial-and-error approaches prior to World War II.
Adults are just big kids, and learn more efficiently using trial-and-error and self-discovery.
 
 
 
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