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experiment

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




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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

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

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

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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