experiment
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In the vending machine study, one agent determined that it could secure way better deals by accessing suppliers in the real world outside the experiment.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
"However, every single particle has a different structure," warns Weissenborn, "and our experiment only studied six such particles from two different locations."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
One cyber security researcher told me he'd been up all night trying to do it as an experiment, but it was proving very difficult.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Myanmar's military held Suu Kyi in almost total seclusion for five years following the February 2021 coup, which ended a tentative decade-long experiment with democracy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
For Adams, the American Revolution was still an experiment, a sail into uncharted waters that no other ship of state had ever successfully navigated.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Under scrutiny, some companies, including grocery-ordering service Instacart, have backed away from experiments with variable pricing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
When scientists disabled this protein in laboratory experiments, cells began consuming more fuel, including fats and carbohydrates.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
By separating resistance from the fluid itself from the confinement imposed by channel walls, the researchers could investigate viscosity without the additional mechanical interference that complicates conventional experiments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
In earlier experiments, Gross's team reduced the activity of MTCH2 in the muscles of mice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Always curious about the world around them, these learners ask lots of questions and like to do experiments.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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And McDonald’s has experimented with this vision before.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Since the start of the 20th century, when the British Royal Navy experimented with radio jamming and intercepting enemy communications, the vulnerability of radio signals has been exploited in combat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
A memorial has been created at a school where boys were experimented on and infected with HIV and hepatitis.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
None of the objects she'd experimented with worked; she had nothing positive to say.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Together, these discoveries reveal that long before modern mammals became dominant, their ancient relatives were already experimenting with an impressive range of ways to survive.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
It has begun experimenting with credits on hotel stays, but it should make loyalty a priority, not just a promotion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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
He picked up his father’s old guitar and began learning to play, experimenting with the strings and teaching himself along the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“We blow it up, experimenting with new fuels for our flying saucers. A Tralfamadorian test pilot presses a starter button, and the whole Universe disappears.”
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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