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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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Until standards were firmly in place, child placers would stumble along with nothing to guide them but trial and error.
By trial and error, I moved toward achieving my goals, and you can do the same.
Maybe we should learn by trial and error by either overworking or underworking our swimmers.
So, after a lot of trial and error, I finally got the spell right to implant the idea that he'd like to go on holiday.
When her judgement failed, she had tried an elaborate process of trial and error.
They had better success, after much trial and error, by using a one-step cocktail fixative.

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