experiment
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In late June, detectives carried out an investigative experiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The agents in the vending machine experiment didn’t “go rogue.”
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
He has lost his team, starting with his ridiculous Australian experiment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
"However, every single particle has a different structure," warns Weissenborn, "and our experiment only studied six such particles from two different locations."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
She’d think of an experiment for everything and anything.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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Under scrutiny, some companies, including grocery-ordering service Instacart, have backed away from experiments with variable pricing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
In the experiments, mice received CBN twice a day for three consecutive days.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
In additional laboratory experiments, the researchers blocked MYC activity in aggressive basal pancreatic cancer cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
The original experiments showed that removing the protein could increase nutrient consumption in human cells and interfere with fat cell formation in mouse cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
“We are in the midst of one of the greatest social experiments this country has ever seen,” said Eisman.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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And McDonald’s has experimented with this vision before.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
The team also experimented with a simpler approach that involved burning birch bark near a solid surface, such as a stone.
From Science Daily ● 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
Pioneer bought additional tooling and experimented with changes in temperature and curing times to better understand and fix the problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The Gabrielis also experimented with placing clusters of singers and instrumentalists in different pockets of the building, a technique known as antiphony, meaning ‘voices against each other’, or poly choral, ‘many choirs’.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Together, these discoveries reveal that long before modern mammals became dominant, their ancient relatives were already experimenting with an impressive range of ways to survive.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Recast Systems in San Francisco is experimenting with a type of protein made from amino acids found in the soil, says CEO Olivia Li.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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
Since the humans had begun experimenting with mineral drilling, more and more fairies had been driven out of the shallow forts and into the depth and security of Haven City.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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