empirical
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Despite its importance, however, the hypothesis had rarely been evaluated using large empirical datasets spanning a broad range of insects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
In an empirical study, my co-author Todd Phillips and I found that at least 15 commissions were inquorate at some point during that period.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
“He doesn’t come to the job with the long CV of empirical analytics of Paul Volcker or Alan Greenspan,” Spindel said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
This is because the book treats reincarnation not as an ambiguous phenomenon but an empirical fact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Some kind of action where there’s a scene of the crime, a sequence of events with anomalies or gaps you can see, and empirical proof laid out on a white-clothed table.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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