experiment
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Congress reversed course before the experiment was scheduled to end.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Patriotism as enacted by the creative community takes the American experiment seriously enough to question, examine, remember what we’ve forgotten and catalyze collective American dreaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
In their experiment, Zou and her co-authors asked 329 participants to imagine they were in a grocery store checking out, and the cashier asks if they want to donate to Unicef.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Blacktip sharks were especially well suited for the experiment because they gather predictably off Southeast Florida.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Because science is based upon observation and experiment, some critics argue that string theory is not science but philosophy.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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As he tinkered, he told David Allemann and Caspar Coppetti about his experiments, and they were hiking in the Swiss Alps when they decided to take on a more grueling uphill challenge: starting a company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
However, the firm notes that "a large part of the sector is still struggling to turn these experiments into measurable results".
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
In experiments using visible light, the processor examined 15 Celeb-DF videos simultaneously during each optical pass.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
It will take 7 hours and 50 minutes for the crew to reach the ISS where they will be conducting experiments and research toward future missions to the Moon and Mars, according to Nasa.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
This experiment is known as ‘Pascal’s barrel’, although there is no evidence he conducted it himself; he did conduct experiments designed to illustrate the principle involved, but that had already been described by Mersenne.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
The group filled arenas across the West, collaborated with major American artists, experimented with hip-hop and electronic music, and turned their own fashion and creative identities into part of their appeal.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The gathering is the first Republican national convention held specifically for a midterm election, although Democrats experimented with similar meetings in the 1970s and 1980s.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
At first, the researchers experimented with ways to chemically transform PVC molecules into different materials.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 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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As early as the 19th century, vintners began experimenting with dealcoholized wine using a process known as vacuum distillation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
His Copenhagen restaurant Alchemist is experimenting with chocolate alternatives because "the chocolate market is also under pressure," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
It is also fair to say Alonso is still experimenting with systems and personnel, and has yet to settle on a style of play that gives his side control throughout a match.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
For Edsman, the stay-at-home dad, the promise of the technology is worth experimenting with something untested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
He was experimenting with being ardently sympathetic with everybody he met.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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