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experiment

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




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The experiment involved fish, did not evaluate any clinical intervention, and cannot establish whether similar effects would occur in people.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

One experiment will explore manufacturing artificial retinas in microgravity, where the near absence of gravity creates conditions that cannot easily be reproduced on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

She had a lot more free rein to experiment with different sales models, without a need for a centralized directive or a one-size-fits all solution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Barry wisely said, ‘That’s more of a sociological experiment where you’re playing God,’” Sosnoff recalls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Stephanie and Maddy are always in the sixth-grade hallway, asking their friends to taste their latest baking experiment.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

However, the findings come from animal experiments, and further clinical studies are needed to determine whether the same benefits occur in humans.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Dr. Kubota, the study's first author, played a central role in the experiments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The Cambridge experiments demonstrate that such combinations can sometimes produce substantially different effects than the ingredients do separately.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

These experiments showed that male sex hormones help regulate how rapidly skin cells mature and move out of the stem cell layer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Way back at the beginning of her whatnot experiments, she loved tinkering in the lab.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

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

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

After experimenting with different angles and compositions, he captured a moment that reveals the extraordinary effort involved in this seemingly simple task.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

Sodipo said that earlier this year she encouraged her staff, which was experimenting with AI, to focus on bigger projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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 sat for a moment smoking and experimenting.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger


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