empirically

Example Sentences

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"This provides clear molecular-level evidence for the empirically known effects of combining food ingredients."

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

And they empirically tested that theory, looking at the correlation of buy-the-dip versus the SG Trend index, which is the average return of the top 10 hedge funds running trend-following strategies.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

Again, this is what my research based on that survey data found empirically.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2025

Michael McFaul, the former US ambassador to Russia, told Politico Vance's remarks were "insulting" and "just empirically not true".

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

Categories, functions, and meanings have to be ascertained empirically, by running little experiments such as substituting a phrase whose category you don’t know for one you do know and seeing whether the sentence still works.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker