observational

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She lost her sight aged 17, five years ago, and says her more observational tics, such as focusing on peoples' physical appearances, have since lessened.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Although middle-aged, I had not lost the observational skills I’d learned in middle school: I could quickly identify the cool kids and the ones eager for their approval.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The study was prospective, multi-center, and observational, and took place between May 2024 and March 2025.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2026

It's the strongest observational record yet of the long-theorized phenomenon that some stars simply fade into black holes, the authors say.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Primitive man, in noticing the relatively few natural coincidences in his environment, slowly developed the raw observational data out of which science evolved.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos