empirical
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“For us to conclude that a law of 160 years’ vintage, with this kind of empirical pedigree, has all along been both unnecessary and improper, would border on rationalist conceit.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
So the Newsom and Cox campaigns opened a private back-channel, trading gossip, swapping insights on the race and even sharing some empirical data.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
The idea that “there will be no victor or vanquished” is not poetic fatalism, it is empirical reality.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
Importantly, the method does not rely on empirical fitting parameters.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
Galton must have realized the inherent limits of his pedigree project, for he soon abandoned it for a more powerful empirical approach.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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