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experiment

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




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Students use AI to study, programmers use it to write and review code, artists experiment with it creatively, and entrepreneurs build businesses around it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Our experiment used photons – quantum particles of light – and the against-the-odds journey they must undertake to pass straight through a cloud of rubidium atoms.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Conversations over community need versus available space led Kidango to experiment with growing its public-school-based approach, said Scott Moore, chief executive of the nonprofit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The genre-bending artist’s concept album is a commendable experiment in storytelling, inspired by the like of Sergio Leone and Quentin Tarantino and featuring appearances from Jamie Foxx, Sam Elliot and Kehlani.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Isabella watches me like I’m a science experiment, and Julia looks back and forth between me and Tyler like she’s at the movies.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

"So simply for human knowledge," he added, "we need to have experiments like this".

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The industry as a whole isn’t applying enough rigor to what have become dangerous experiments, said Joshua Saxe, the chief technology officer with the AI security company Abundant Security.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

A number of upgrades to improve experiments at the Large Hadron Collider will also not be paid for by the agency.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

They also conducted complementary ex-situ experiments in Prague, which made it possible to observe the samples over longer periods.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

It is a key feature of his work that Galileo always carried out experiments to test hypotheses, modifying or abandoning those hypotheses if the outcomes of the experiments did not match their predictions.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

At her and Aggrey’s last rental home, she had experimented with growing plants in their tiny yard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Nearby, in a mini-exhibit on video games, visitors are asked, “Have you ever experimented with your identity in video games?”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

In 2017, Danavle and her husband experimented with hydroponic strawberry farming.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

DoorDash has experimented with other new methods of delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

I experimented with potato skin tea a few weeks ago.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

I’ve been experimenting with street art, incorporating wheat-pasting because it feels true to where I’m from and the communities I create for.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

But cosplayers can also embody everything from fast food brands, internet browsers and memes to intangible ideas like gravity or hunger, while also experimenting with gender.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

As the salad dressing category shrinks and sales decline, Clorox is experimenting with the size and shape of its products.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

On 31 August 1968 at Swansea, Sobers was looking for some quick runs to set up a Notts declaration - and decided to take on Glamorgan seamer Malcolm Nash, who was experimenting with left-arm spin.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Rush next began experimenting with the amount of blood he would remove from the body in an effort to reduce inflammation.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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