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experiment

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




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Collins said the idea for the experiment came from two sources.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

After Wiegman's formation experiment worked so well this week, could it be an option for the future that brings out the best in Stanway, as well as others?

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

It’s a worthy experiment that doesn’t quite come off, as the Spanish singer seems to inhabit a world outside this record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

She compares the thought experiment to climate science, in which scientists put forward a range of climate change projections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

First, it highlights the power of the experimental method—even though the peripatetics wanted the weights to fall at different speeds and prove Aristotle was right, the experiment they carried out proved that Aristotle was wrong.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

"It's stunning," lead author Daniel Collins told AFP about the outcome of the experiments, recalling the "eureka moment" when he first saw positive results and rushed to his PhD supervisor's office to share the news.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

It also predicted substantially less CO2 conversion than experiments indicated.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Across 12 experiments we conducted with our colleagues Sarah Moore and Mohamad Soltani with over 7,000 participants, these kinds of humble responses consistently outperformed both no response and responses that showed simply gratitude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

To determine whether this phenomenon might extend beyond their own experiments, the researchers examined more than 600 scientific papers on organic electrosynthesis published since 2010.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Underlying experimentation, therefore, there must be a theory of the regularity and economy of nature; the natural world has to be the sort of world that could, in principle, be interpreted through experiments.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

And McDonald’s has experimented with this vision before.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

This focused exhibition brings together a selection of Jack Whitten’s work from the 1980s, a particularly energized period in his 60-year career when he experimented with form, material and meaning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But we’re seeing AI very differently now that we’ve experimented with it and have a bit more notches on our belts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

A memorial has been created at a school where boys were experimented on and infected with HIV and hepatitis.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

So I left the TV sound off and I sat down at my mood organ and I experimented.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

For the past three months they have been experimenting with fava beans, which are photographed daily so scientists can monitor their progress.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

It has begun experimenting with credits on hotel stays, but it should make loyalty a priority, not just a promotion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

I went into the recipe expecting exactly that, was delighted to find it delivered and started experimenting with the same trick in soups of my own.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

He picked up his father’s old guitar and began learning to play, experimenting with the strings and teaching himself along the way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

He was experimenting with being ardently sympathetic with everybody he met.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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