empirical
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“And in a market like Manhattan or the Hamptons, that simply isn’t supported by empirical data.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Kung said local community organizers are “looking at the empirical evidence” and seeing a ban as a win.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
“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
The idea that “there will be no victor or vanquished” is not poetic fatalism, it is empirical reality.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
But in matters of vital importance—meaning, in effect, war and police espionage— the empirical approach is still encouraged, or at least tolerated.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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