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experiment

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




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But large-scale off-grid power today is still an experiment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

"It is not worth it for Namibia to experiment on its seabed, putting its marine life and the entire movement of ocean water at risk for something as simple as phosphate," he told AFP..

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

The Guehi experiment may end up being a long-term fix with Maresca saying afterwards he provides "a solution" in the middle of the park.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

In the mouse experiment, none of the human Roseburia species permanently colonized the animals' guts.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

For twenty years, over the entire life span of the revolutionary war and the experiment with republican government, Washington had stood at the helm of the ship of state.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

In experiments with tree shrews, whose visual systems share important similarities with those of humans, researchers found that exposure to indigo light completely prevented the development of nearsightedness.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

In laboratory experiments, the modified cells successfully infiltrated tumor organoids grown in dishes.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

If we believe in the people we bet on, the obligation starts at the door, and the remedy is to run these bets the way anyone runs a series of experiments: as a portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The narrator of “The Behavior of the Hawkweeds” ruminates on her grandfather’s childhood encounters with Gregor Mendel, the monk whose experiments with pea plants laid the groundwork for modern genetics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

But note Sabra’s judgement: ‘It remains true, however, that the confirmatory experiments in I. H.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He experimented with the grip the day before a Double-A start last year at the advice of coaches, liked how it felt and brought it with him into the game.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

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

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

Rutherford experimented by bombarding gold foils with alpha particles emanating from a glass vial of purified radium.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

In the posts that followed, Modi's team appeared to respond to some of that criticism, experimenting with different camera angles, backdrops and lighting.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Interviewing people for that article, I learned they were experimenting with other injections—now widely known as peptides.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 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

In this account of the creation the gods seemed bent on experimenting with the various metals, and, oddly enough, proceeding downward from the excellent to the good to the worse and so on.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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