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experiment

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




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The McGill researchers designed the experiment to address several concerns raised by earlier studies.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Students use AI to study, programmers use it to write and review code, artists experiment with it creatively, and entrepreneurs build businesses around it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Conversations over community need versus available space led Kidango to experiment with growing its public-school-based approach, said Scott Moore, chief executive of the nonprofit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Any single run of the experiment gives only a very rough indication of whether the photon dwelt in the atoms, but averaging millions of runs yields an accurate dwell time.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

No instrument currently imaginable will give scientists the power to observe strings directly; nobody can think of an experiment that will give physicists evidence about whether black holes and particles are, indeed, strings.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

The industry as a whole isn’t applying enough rigor to what have become dangerous experiments, said Joshua Saxe, the chief technology officer with the AI security company Abundant Security.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

At OpenTable, the days of brown-bag lunches and AI experiments are gone, Soo said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Laboratory experiments showed that TRF2 levels change in a carefully timed pattern as muscle stem cells move through these different stages.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

Lucas enthusiastically explained his latest computer experiments and Cooper asked him what software and tools he was using to check they were legitimate.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

She would have sat with me for days, brainstorming different questions and experiments.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

At her and Aggrey’s last rental home, she had experimented with growing plants in their tiny yard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 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

DoorDash has experimented with other new methods of delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 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

I’ve been experimenting with street art, incorporating wheat-pasting because it feels true to where I’m from and the communities I create for.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

But cosplayers can also embody everything from fast food brands, internet browsers and memes to intangible ideas like gravity or hunger, while also experimenting with gender.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Instead, they often begin by experimenting with technology, testing systems or trying to bypass restrictions before becoming drawn into online communities where hacking is encouraged.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

He began experimenting with a sewing machine and, in 1846, introduced a foot-powered model that could sew 250 stitches a minute, outracing the fastest human hands by a factor of five.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

I whipped up some more mixtures, experimenting with the percentages.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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