empirical
Example Sentences
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We need the intellectual seriousness to treat this as an empirical question, not something we can settle with dogma.
Eichmann distanced himself not only from ordinary decency but empirical reality, “that is, against the claim on our thinking attention that all events and facts make by virtue of their existence.”
From Salon
"Models based on physics were too assumption-heavy, while empirical models are too simplistic. We combined both approaches to get interior models that are both "agnostic" or unbiased and yet, are physically consistent."
From Science Daily
The graduate assistant grader gave the essay a zero, noting that it “contradicts itself,” “heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence,” and contains passages that are “offensive.”
From Salon
And yet, to the opponents of apartheid such as Nelson Mandela, Mr. Easterly reminds us, “this accurate empirical statement was beside the point.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
