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What does trial and error mean?

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Noun
  1. The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until a way is found.
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One hundred trial and error searches were run with the starting order of taxa randomized for each run, both with and without the new codings.
They had better success, after much trial and error, by using a one-step cocktail fixative.
It is certainly a difficult task for it works on the basis of trial and error.
After almost a century of trial and error, weightlifters have proved that the six-meals-per-day plan works best for muscle building.
During their early projects, the Youngs learned through trial and error whom to depend on for skilled work.
When her judgement failed, she had tried an elaborate process of trial and error.

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