stress test
noun
: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)
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At the same time, OpenAI had employed a contractor called Pattern Labs to stress test its AI models ahead of their public release to find and fix any vulnerabilities that could be exploited by hackers to steal user data or used as tools to harm others.
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Paytient's Whorley calls the challenge of making GLP-1s more affordable a stress test moment for employers and PBMs.
—Bertha Coombs, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
My stress tests might also have overwhelmed the Skylo phone.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
For Brazil, the case is a stress test for its institutions.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Paytient's Whorley calls the challenge of making GLP-1s more affordable a stress test moment for employers and PBMs.
—Bertha Coombs, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
My stress tests might also have overwhelmed the Skylo phone.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
For Brazil, the case is a stress test for its institutions.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Stress test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stress%20test. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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