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experiment

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




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Researchers evaluated blood pressure, heart rate, and additional measures of cardiovascular function at the beginning of the experiment and again after four and eight weeks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

In late June, detectives carried out an investigative experiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

"We are witnessing a unique experiment in European contemporary history," Žarko Korać, a former deputy prime minister and long-term opponent of nationalist parties in Serbia including the SNS, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Let’s jump down this legal escape hatch via a recent experiment conducted at Harvard Business School.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

Because science is based upon observation and experiment, some critics argue that string theory is not science but philosophy.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Despite these obstacles, the combination of behavioral monitoring, response testing, and sleep disruption experiments allowed the researchers to build a detailed picture of how these spiders sleep.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Once undocked, the Orion crew will spend the rest of their mission carrying out additional tests of their capsule and carrying out science experiments, before returning home.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Nevertheless, the experiments provide valuable clues for developing treatments that more precisely address the cellular processes involved in age-related diseases.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

The team also conducted experiments to determine whether the spiders were genuinely asleep rather than simply sitting motionless.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Oh, um, a place where they do experiments with biotechnology. Making the world a better place through science and all that,” Coal said.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

When he was 16, he took a gap year before college to work at a videogame production company and experimented with primitive forms of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

And McDonald’s has experimented with this vision before.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 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

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

After experimenting with different angles and compositions, he captured a moment that reveals the extraordinary effort involved in this seemingly simple task.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

Leo had been experimenting with all sorts of weapons based on the Archimedes sphere that he’d recovered in Rome.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan


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