experiment
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It’s a good thought experiment, though, for retirees in danger of playing it too safe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Even as political campaigns experiment with more outlandish applications of the technology, many have already been using AI in quieter ways, including to compose tailored mailings and participate in digital chat rooms, Romero said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
With the proof-of-principle experiment successfully completed, the researchers are now working toward a system that could eventually be used outside the laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Now with the charged battery in hand, I'm taking my digital camera to a DJ set as an experiment.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“It was an experiment, and the components are difficult to balance properly.”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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In a series of experiments at Duke University, scientists found that the act of measuring an activity reliably reduces enjoyment, making it feel like work.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Along with successes came not so much failures as experiments that didn’t achieve the desired results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The new case is the latest proof that AI loss-of-control scenarios, once confined to science fiction and AI-safety experiments, are now a real-world issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"So simply for human knowledge," he added, "we need to have experiments like this".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
At Riverbank, he lived in a damp windmill, where he did experiments with fruit flies and African violets.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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ME: Do you think if location and money weren’t a factor you would have still worked with hardware, or would you have experimented more?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Nearby, in a mini-exhibit on video games, visitors are asked, “Have you ever experimented with your identity in video games?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
One ex-house flipper said he’d experimented with 50 AI-generated business ideas before landing on one he liked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Its 2020 debut album, “PDE,” experimented more with the prickly, sad sierreño sound popularized by acts like Eslabon Armado and DannyLux — as well as trap-infused corridos tumbados with a thumping tololoche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
She hauled the poles up into the lucky-beans with Crocodile Guts’s rope, and experimented with various configurations until she had a floor that was more or less level.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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In other words, the new fossil helps us understand a phase preceding the rise of dinosaurs and crocodiles, when their close relatives were still experimenting with different body shapes, postures, and modes of locomotion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
After IBM’s Deep Blue beat world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, chess began experimenting with a format that allowed human players to consult computer engines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Gillian Anderson was once a young person experimenting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
But cosplayers can also embody everything from fast food brands, internet browsers and memes to intangible ideas like gravity or hunger, while also experimenting with gender.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Try experimenting with the Dorian D-to-D scale or Mixolydian G-to-G scale.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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