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experiment

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




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The only other company to use such directors is Ben & Jerry’s, an experiment that ended in spectacular failure.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

AI-generated influencers, virtual personalities and digital performers are already proliferating online, while entertainment companies continue to experiment with AI-created characters.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

In response, Indian elites established institutions of their own, including the Calcutta Club in 1907, which admitted both Indians and Europeans and became a rare experiment in shared membership before independence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

In fact, disagreement has always been part of the American experiment.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

Isabella watches me like I’m a science experiment, and Julia looks back and forth between me and Tyler like she’s at the movies.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

Earlier experiments often required cutting the retina into slices to reach them, a process that could disrupt the natural circuitry researchers wanted to examine.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Additional experiments showed that genetically deleting IL-1b significantly reduced valve calcification and disease symptoms, even when P. gingivalis was present.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

Their experiments showed that up to half of a particle's carbon content leaked out while sinking.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

The experiments revealed that Paleozoic animals could survive in lower oxygen conditions than many modern species.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

The results of these experiments had been published and may have been known to Galileo.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

He’s experimented with formations and tactics, shaken up his roster and motivated players by demanding to know why they can’t make a deep run into this World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

The hope, Cboe executives have said, is that these contracts could appeal to traders who may have experimented with prediction markets but haven’t yet graduated to complex options strategies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

I would be curious, what areas of the filmmaking process or the film distribution process do you think AI is appropriate for use, that you’ve experimented with it, that you’re excited about its prospects?

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

Sports teams around the world have experimented with billing requirements or ticketing tied to team membership programs in an effort to keep opposing fans from flooding home games.

From MarketWatch May 8, 2026

Five trainees with rare marvels experimented, learning to share their talents unnaturally.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Companies are also experimenting more with AI in online dating and social networking, raising questions about how technology will affect human interaction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The U.S. has been using and experimenting with sea drones in waters around the world to carry out a range of missions, including conducting maritime surveillance, clearing sea mines and simulating attack swarms.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

She had always been creative, experimenting with watercolors and learning to sew and embroider at a young age.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Olivia, originally from Conwy, loved experimenting with styling and clothes as a teenager.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Children’s voices, after all, are their first instrument—a child’s first exceptionally pleasant musical experience is likely to be hearing lullabies from a parent or guardian, and then vocally experimenting with his or her own voice.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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