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experiment

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




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But Canaves said that that, even if consumers move on to new styles, the biggest companies in the industry still have the size, and thus the financial cushion, to experiment.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The experiment connects two areas of physics that normally describe very different scales.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Sixty-one years after the VRA was signed, the county the march passed through is now the site of a live experiment in how much of that law’s actual protection survives Callais.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Changing views: It’s worth noting that a decade ago he called burning fossil fuels “the dumbest experiment in history,” warning they would eventually run out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

It is impossible to believe that if he really had carried out the famous experiment himself there would be no mention of this triumph anywhere in his writings.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Aston, who dreams of working for SpaceX, even led children in experiments to measure lux levels and temperature during the partial eclipse.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

“We don’t penalize well-designed experiments that fail,” the Kochs write, “because they create knowledge that leads to better decisions in the future.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

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

In those experiments, they used an LED, an incoherent light source, to produce polarization-entangled photons.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

He produced a new theory of the rainbow which emphasized the role of refraction, where Aristotle had only mentioned reflection; but there is no evidence that Grosseteste ever conducted experiments to test his theory.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Furthermore, the company has experimented with a new “asset-light” option that allows customers to deploy Nebius’ AI cloud offerings within their own data centers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

In 2017, Danavle and her husband experimented with hydroponic strawberry farming.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

The broadcast networks experimented with direct selling to viewers over the years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Even so, sonic adventurers, beginning with Leopold Stokowski in the 1930s, experimented with amplification in an obsessive, seemingly quixotic effort to locate a mythical sonic grail on the Cahuenga Pass.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

It has changed and evolved as composers experimented with new sounds, ideas, and even new or evolving instruments.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Some bars, Infante noted, are already experimenting with lower-priced cocktails and expanded happy hours after discovering there may simply be a ceiling to what customers will pay for a drink.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

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

Since his career began, Kelly had been pushing cine-dance forward, directing his first sequence and experimenting with double exposure in the “Alter Ego” dance for the 1944 film “Cover Girl.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Gillian Anderson was once a young person experimenting.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Carla was on for experimenting with hair removal cream.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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