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experiment

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




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In late June, detectives carried out an investigative experiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

"We are witnessing a unique experiment in European contemporary history," Žarko Korać, a former deputy prime minister and long-term opponent of nationalist parties in Serbia including the SNS, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The agents in the vending machine experiment didn’t “go rogue.”

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

The experiment established that researchers could grow extremely thin muscle layers in intricate arrangements and use light to control their movements along multiple directions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

You may want to experiment with some of the many scales possible.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Once undocked, the Orion crew will spend the rest of their mission carrying out additional tests of their capsule and carrying out science experiments, before returning home.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Under scrutiny, some companies, including grocery-ordering service Instacart, have backed away from experiments with variable pricing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Importantly, the experiments were conducted in mice, so the findings do not establish that CBN causes dependence or withdrawal in people.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

When scientists disabled this protein in laboratory experiments, cells began consuming more fuel, including fats and carbohydrates.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

At Riverbank, he lived in a damp windmill, where he did experiments with fruit flies and African violets.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

And McDonald’s has experimented with this vision before.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

The team also experimented with a simpler approach that involved burning birch bark near a solid surface, such as a stone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

This focused exhibition brings together a selection of Jack Whitten’s work from the 1980s, a particularly energized period in his 60-year career when he experimented with form, material and meaning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Pioneer bought additional tooling and experimented with changes in temperature and curing times to better understand and fix the problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Jazz celebrity though he was, Duke Ellington disliked his music being pigeonholed as ‘jazz’; he preferred simply to call it ‘American music’, and he experimented in many forms and genres.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

After experimenting with different angles and compositions, he captured a moment that reveals the extraordinary effort involved in this seemingly simple task.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Together, these discoveries reveal that long before modern mammals became dominant, their ancient relatives were already experimenting with an impressive range of ways to survive.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

I went into the recipe expecting exactly that, was delighted to find it delivered and started experimenting with the same trick in soups of my own.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

He picked up his father’s old guitar and began learning to play, experimenting with the strings and teaching himself along the way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Since colonial times, when European cultures came into contact with many Non-Western cultures, musicians on all sides have been experimenting with music that is a blend of "the best of both worlds."

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones


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