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Noun
Dermablend’s Continuous Correction CC Cream is beloved by Amazon shoppers and InStyle testers with mature skin.—Erika Reals, InStyle, 1 Apr. 2026 Each tester looks at the softness of the material and assesses if the bedding is breathable and cooling or thick and cozy for winter weather.—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2026 Our staff and testers A beauty product is a personal purchase.—Sarah Felbin, Allure, 30 Mar. 2026 The justice center sent anonymous testers that year looking for potential accessibility problems and violations of the federal Fair Housing Act.—John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tester
Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
Middle English, headboard of a bed, canopy, from Anglo-French, from teste head, from Late Latin testa skull, from Latin, shell
Noun (3)
modification of Middle French testart, from teston