proving ground
nounDefinition of proving ground
1
: a place for scientific experimentation or testing (as of vehicles or weapons)
2
: a place where something is developed or tried out
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Those planets will be TESS' proving grounds in terms of its formal requirements and will help scientists understand how small rocky planets are formed. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, "New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years," 8 Aug. 2018 The culmination of EcoCAR 3 involved several days of testing at GM's proving grounds in Yuma, Arizona, followed by a track-day event held at the Auto Club Speedway in California. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "These clever students have turned the Camaro into a hybrid sports car," 25 May 2018 The picturesque and historic Packard proving grounds will celebrate the test track’s 90th anniversary with an exceptional array of classic vehicles for a car show June 10 and an evening gala June 14. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, "Historic cars flock to 90th anniversary of Packard proving ground," 30 May 2018 In experiments on a closed high-speed test track at Ford’s proving grounds adaptive cruise, or ACC, the tail car in each lane slowed by just 5 mph, rather than coming to a complete stop when each driver braked manually. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, "Zipper merge will upset other drivers. Why you should do it anyway.," 6 July 2018 The combination of playing and managerial talent means the Premier League has become world soccer’s foremost proving ground. — Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, "The Premier League’s World Cup Takeover," 8 July 2018 That site is one of 10 officially designated autonomous vehicle proving grounds identified by the US Department of Transportation in 2017 to help set the direction of policy-making and testing procedures going forward. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, "Toyota will test self-driving car ‘edge cases’ at new proving ground in Michigan," 3 May 2018 This is proving ground for Lowry and DeRozan after fading in past postseasons, including Toronto's 10-game losing streak in series openers. — Paul Coro, latimes.com, "NBA playoff preview: LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers must shut up the doubters once again," 13 Apr. 2018 The company is continuing to test autonomous vehicles at three enclosed proving grounds — two in Ann Arbor that are affiliated with the University of Michigan, and another known as GoMentum Station, a former naval weapons station in Concord, Calif. — Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, "Toyota Takes Self-Driving Cars Off Road After Uber Accident," 20 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'proving ground.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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