Backport PR #60635 on branch 2.3.x (TST(string dtype): Resolve xfail … #21190

Job	Run time
Linux-32-bit	19m 53s
Linux-Musl	22m 28s
python-dev (macOS-13)	37m 42s
python-dev (macOS-14)	15m 35s
python-dev (ubuntu-22.04)	23m 45s
python-dev (windows-latest)	26m 37s
macos-13 actions-310.yaml	50m 52s
macos-13 actions-311.yaml	1h 4m 35s
macos-13 actions-312.yaml	56m 27s
macos-14 actions-310.yaml	25m 24s
macos-14 actions-311.yaml	23m 21s
macos-14 actions-312.yaml	26m 12s
macos-13 actions-39.yaml	51m 56s
macos-14 actions-39.yaml	33m 36s
windows-latest actions-311.yaml	40m 58s
windows-latest actions-312.yaml	46m 25s
windows-latest actions-310.yaml	43m 22s
windows-latest actions-39.yaml	37m 43s
ubuntu-latest actions-310.yaml	56m 25s
Copy-on-Write 3.10 (warnings)	30m 38s
Copy-on-Write 3.10	29m 36s
ubuntu-latest actions-311.yaml	51m 22s
Future infer strings (without pyarrow)	48m 21s
Locale: zh_CN	29m 30s
Copy-on-Write 3.11 (warnings)	29m 33s
Locale: it_IT	29m 33s
Downstream Compat	6m 39s
Numpy Dev	22m 50s
Copy-on-Write 3.11	28m 43s
Pyarrow Nightly	24m 4s
ubuntu-latest actions-312.yaml	40m 34s
Future infer strings	40m 30s
Copy-on-Write 3.12	32m 59s
ubuntu-latest actions-39.yaml	53m 5s
Copy-on-Write 3.9 (warnings)	28m 26s
Copy-on-Write 3.9	28m 36s
Minimum Versions	28m 26s
Pypy	8m 12s
	21h 34m 53s

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