experiment
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Often the experiment fails, and it must, or there would be nothing to learn.
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 team is now investigating how the microcomb system could eventually move from a laboratory experiment into practical technology.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 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
And I’ve been doing fine in all my classes, except for one B-minus on a science experiment.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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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
Using a combination of laboratory experiments and computational modeling, the researchers were able to reconstruct the process in greater detail.
From Science Daily ● 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
Traditionally, physicists have investigated nuclear structure using relatively low-energy experiments, including measurements of how atomic nuclei rotate and vibrate.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Sometimes Mom would take us to the pool, and sometimes Dr. P would set up science experiments or let us work in her garden.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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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
ME: Do you think if location and money weren’t a factor you would have still worked with hardware, or would you have experimented more?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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
High-ranking clergymen experimented with the dangerous ideas of the void and the infinite, even though the ideas struck at the core of the ancient Greek philosophy that the church cherished so much.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Plaid Cymru, newly installed in government in Wales, is still experimenting with its approach, using First Minister Rhun Ap Iorweth in "fun" memes while also posting more serious interview excerpts.
From BBC ● 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
After IBM’s Deep Blue beat world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, chess began experimenting with a format that allowed human players to consult computer engines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
I couldn’t wait to start experimenting, so after I got Marcus’s letter, I asked Grandma to take me to the grocery store again.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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