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experimental

[ik-sper-uh-men-tl] / ɪkˌspɛr əˈmɛn tl /


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Clinics and medspas, promising people transformational weight loss, have figured out how to procure and sell an experimental drug that hasn’t gotten through the government’s drug approval process, prompting serious safety concerns from authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

One employee remembered the experimental soy biscuits as “the most vile-tasting things you ever put in your mouth.”

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Tapia Takaki has helped pioneer this experimental approach and has contributed to theoretical models in which gluons gather into localized areas of especially high density, sometimes referred to as "hot spots."

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

The best director prize went to Russian-born Ilya Khrzhanovsky for his vast, riotous and experimental cinema project "DAU" that chronicles the life of the troubled father of the Soviet nuclear programme, Lev Landau.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

Millwrights had learnt by trial and error what worked and what did not, but rapid advance required systematic experimentation, and this only occurred after the experimental method had been elevated to a new intellectual status.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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