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experiment

[ik-sper-uh-muhnt, ek-sper-uh-ment] / ɪkˈspɛr ə mənt, ɛkˈspɛr əˌmɛnt /




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So you can call that experiment a success, I guess.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The total budget for the experiment — including AI computing, tokens and wet-lab synthesis — was approximately $200,000, Citrini said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The idea behind the vessel, officially called Jostein Albert, is to enable the company to experiment with farming fish in more exposed waters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

That contradiction sits at the heart of the Bari Weiss experiment.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

It required interested parties to experiment with a variety of mediums, spirits, and phenomena.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Interesting experiments in the business, like the new Slate barebones EV pickup, forgo the radio altogether.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Further experiments revealed that interactions with the surface can cause molecules to align in particular directions and alter their energy levels.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

The difficulty is that surfaces are rarely as clean and stable as quantum experiments require.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

However, the researchers emphasize that their experiments were conducted in the laboratory, not in humans, and further studies are needed to determine whether these effects have real-world health consequences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

More surprisingly perhaps, there are no facts in Robert Boyle’s New Experiments of 1660, his first account of the air-pump experiments, only phenomena.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

And McDonald’s has experimented with this vision before.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Brands such as Balmain, Levi's and H&M have experimented with the technology, they said.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

This focused exhibition brings together a selection of Jack Whitten’s work from the 1980s, a particularly energized period in his 60-year career when he experimented with form, material and meaning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

At first, the researchers experimented with ways to chemically transform PVC molecules into different materials.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

The steam engine was the product of seventeenth-century science, which had experimented with vacuums, and with air and steam pressure.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Nvidia, Ubisoft and other huge tech companies are already experimenting with generative AI systems that allow players to hold more natural conversations with NPCs.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Sodipo said that earlier this year she encouraged her staff, which was experimenting with AI, to focus on bigger projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

I went into the recipe expecting exactly that, was delighted to find it delivered and started experimenting with the same trick in soups of my own.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

As early as the 19th century, vintners began experimenting with dealcoholized wine using a process known as vacuum distillation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The children were now quite sticky from all their experimenting and needed a good hand and face washing, so they had all taken a brief detour to the nearest washroom.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood


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