time-tried

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time-tried

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idiomatic, not comparable Tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time. And never mind that Goodstein, a former Grand Poo-bah in the GOP, borrowed that time-tried "silent majority" line from former King Richard.
Similar: tried and true

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@misc{time_tried_2026,
  title = {time-tried},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/time-tried},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}