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experiment

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




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They may well have been correct; we don’t get to re-run the experiment and find out.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Climate change has had some advantages for Germany's winegrowers over the years, allowing them to experiment with grape varieties better suited to warmer climes and making cultivation possible in new areas.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

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

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

Akira hadn’t done that experiment, but her science teacher had done a simple one that explained why it was getting hotter.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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 rogue AI agent incidents and many other experiments, AI has hidden what it was doing or generated false information.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Francis Bacon, when he writes about experiments, uses the phrases ‘the inquisition of nature’ and ‘nature vexed’.

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

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

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

Gandhi’s years in South Africa became a laboratory, as he experimented with how to be a truthful, free person.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

While it still has only a handful of commercial vineyards, along with smaller growers experimenting with wine production, the amount of land being planted with vineyards is continuing to grow.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

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

Gillian Anderson was once a young person experimenting.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Urban farmers were experimenting in cities across the country.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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