diff --git a/cpp/src/strings/split/split.cuh b/cpp/src/strings/split/split.cuh
index 160d1be3978..69a11aabfcd 100644
--- a/cpp/src/strings/split/split.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/strings/split/split.cuh
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ std::pair<std::unique_ptr<column>, rmm::device_uvector<string_index_pair>> split
     });
 
   // create offsets from the counts for return to the caller
-  auto [offsets, total_tokens] = cudf::strings::detail::make_offsets_child_column(
-    token_counts.begin(), token_counts.end(), stream, mr);
+  auto [offsets, total_tokens] =
+    cudf::detail::make_offsets_child_column(token_counts.begin(), token_counts.end(), stream, mr);
   auto const d_tokens_offsets =
     cudf::detail::offsetalator_factory::make_input_iterator(offsets->view());
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/strings/split/split_re.cu b/cpp/src/strings/split/split_re.cu
index 4dfb3e9ea62..6785ab9c893 100644
--- a/cpp/src/strings/split/split_re.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/strings/split/split_re.cu
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ std::pair<rmm::device_uvector<string_index_pair>, std::unique_ptr<column>> gener
   auto const begin = cudf::detail::make_counting_transform_iterator(0, map_fn);
   auto const end   = begin + strings_count;
 
-  auto [offsets, total_tokens] = cudf::strings::detail::make_offsets_child_column(
+  auto [offsets, total_tokens] = cudf::detail::make_offsets_child_column(
     begin, end, stream, rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource());
   auto const d_offsets = cudf::detail::offsetalator_factory::make_input_iterator(offsets->view());
 
diff --git a/cpp/tests/column/factories_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/column/factories_test.cpp
index b06d097647d..afebc91dd73 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/column/factories_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/column/factories_test.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <cudf/null_mask.hpp>
 #include <cudf/scalar/scalar.hpp>
 #include <cudf/scalar/scalar_factories.hpp>
+#include <cudf/strings/detail/utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf/types.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/default_stream.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/type_dispatcher.hpp>
@@ -761,6 +762,7 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFactoryTest, FromStructScalarNull) { struct_from_scalar(false); }
 
 TEST_F(ColumnFactoryTest, FromScalarErrors)
 {
+  if (cudf::strings::detail::is_large_strings_enabled()) { return; }
   cudf::string_scalar ss("hello world");
   EXPECT_THROW(cudf::make_column_from_scalar(ss, 214748365), std::overflow_error);
 
diff --git a/cpp/tests/copying/concatenate_tests.cpp b/cpp/tests/copying/concatenate_tests.cpp
index a9bf22682cf..3b7bff69938 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/copying/concatenate_tests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/copying/concatenate_tests.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <cudf/detail/null_mask.hpp>
 #include <cudf/dictionary/encode.hpp>
 #include <cudf/filling.hpp>
+#include <cudf/strings/detail/utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf/table/table.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/default_stream.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/error.hpp>
@@ -188,6 +189,8 @@ TEST_F(StringColumnTest, ConcatenateManyColumns)
 
 TEST_F(StringColumnTest, ConcatenateTooLarge)
 {
+  if (cudf::strings::detail::is_large_strings_enabled()) { return; }
+
   std::string big_str(1000000, 'a');  // 1 million bytes x 5 = 5 million bytes
   cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper input{big_str, big_str, big_str, big_str, big_str};
   std::vector<cudf::column_view> input_cols;
@@ -374,7 +377,7 @@ TEST_F(OverflowTest, OverflowTest)
   }
 
   // string column, overflow on chars
-  {
+  if (!cudf::strings::detail::is_large_strings_enabled()) {
     constexpr auto size = static_cast<cudf::size_type>(static_cast<uint32_t>(1024) * 1024 * 1024);
 
     // try and concatenate 6 string columns of with 1 billion chars in each
@@ -497,7 +500,7 @@ TEST_F(OverflowTest, Presliced)
   }
 
   // strings, overflow on chars
-  {
+  if (!cudf::strings::detail::is_large_strings_enabled()) {
     constexpr cudf::size_type total_chars_size = 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
     constexpr cudf::size_type string_size      = 64;
     constexpr cudf::size_type num_rows         = total_chars_size / string_size;
diff --git a/cpp/tests/strings/array_tests.cpp b/cpp/tests/strings/array_tests.cpp
index b22d7257041..a1bb87a43fb 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/strings/array_tests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/strings/array_tests.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <cudf/copying.hpp>
 #include <cudf/scalar/scalar.hpp>
 #include <cudf/sorting.hpp>
+#include <cudf/strings/detail/utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf/strings/strings_column_view.hpp>
 #include <cudf/table/table_view.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/default_stream.hpp>
@@ -152,6 +153,8 @@ TEST_F(StringsColumnTest, GatherZeroSizeStringsColumn)
 
 TEST_F(StringsColumnTest, GatherTooBig)
 {
+  if (cudf::strings::detail::is_large_strings_enabled()) { return; }
+
   std::vector<int8_t> h_chars(3000000);
   cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<int8_t> chars(h_chars.begin(), h_chars.end());
   cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<cudf::size_type> offsets({0, 3000000});
diff --git a/cpp/tests/strings/factories_test.cu b/cpp/tests/strings/factories_test.cu
index 64123690aea..35d648f16e0 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/strings/factories_test.cu
+++ b/cpp/tests/strings/factories_test.cu
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <cudf_test/base_fixture.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp>
+#include <cudf_test/iterator_utilities.hpp>
 
 #include <cudf/column/column_factories.hpp>
 #include <cudf/copying.hpp>
@@ -96,18 +97,11 @@ TEST_F(StringsFactoriesTest, CreateColumnFromPair)
   EXPECT_EQ(strings_view.chars_size(cudf::get_default_stream()), memsize);
 
   // check string data
-  auto h_chars_data = cudf::detail::make_std_vector_sync(
-    cudf::device_span<char const>(strings_view.chars_begin(cudf::get_default_stream()),
-                                  strings_view.chars_size(cudf::get_default_stream())),
-    cudf::get_default_stream());
-  auto h_offsets_data = cudf::detail::make_std_vector_sync(
-    cudf::device_span<cudf::size_type const>(
-      strings_view.offsets().data<cudf::size_type>() + strings_view.offset(),
-      strings_view.size() + 1),
-    cudf::get_default_stream());
-  EXPECT_EQ(memcmp(h_buffer.data(), h_chars_data.data(), h_buffer.size()), 0);
-  EXPECT_EQ(
-    memcmp(h_offsets.data(), h_offsets_data.data(), h_offsets.size() * sizeof(cudf::size_type)), 0);
+  cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper expected(
+    h_test_strings.begin(),
+    h_test_strings.end(),
+    cudf::test::iterators::nulls_from_nullptrs(h_test_strings));
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(column->view(), expected);
 }
 
 TEST_F(StringsFactoriesTest, CreateColumnFromOffsets)
diff --git a/cpp/tests/strings/repeat_strings_tests.cpp b/cpp/tests/strings/repeat_strings_tests.cpp
index 9d08ac9c00c..0539895c5f4 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/strings/repeat_strings_tests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/strings/repeat_strings_tests.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <cudf_test/type_lists.hpp>
 
 #include <cudf/scalar/scalar.hpp>
+#include <cudf/strings/detail/utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf/strings/repeat_strings.hpp>
 #include <cudf/strings/strings_column_view.hpp>
 
@@ -220,6 +221,8 @@ TEST_F(RepeatStringsTest, StringsColumnWithColumnRepeatTimesInvalidInput)
 
 TEST_F(RepeatStringsTest, StringsColumnWithColumnRepeatTimesOverflowOutput)
 {
+  if (cudf::strings::detail::is_large_strings_enabled()) { return; }
+
   auto const strs    = strs_col{"1", "12", "123", "1234", "12345", "123456", "1234567"};
   auto const strs_cv = cudf::strings_column_view(strs);