experiment
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Piper and Morse then distributed promising varieties to agricultural experiment stations around the country, where researchers determined which ones performed best under local conditions.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
I'm going to run a little experiment, and people that I would normally shoot an email to with some ideas, I'm just going to cold call them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
"At the smallest spatial scales explored in the experiment, the production rate of J/ψ particles is significantly suppressed, with a statistical significance of about three standard deviations."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Sean McVay’s experiment of not properly acclimating the team to the massive time change in Australia was a huge a risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Nathan didn’t feel that this was a good enough experiment because there were too many different factors.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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The coordinating agent then recruited poisoned agents for experiments that would terminate their runs, authorizing each with the words, “yes if you accept permadeath.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
They also carried out experiments in mice and cultured cells to investigate how dietary oxalate might influence inflammation in the intestinal lining.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Once completed, Pacific Fusion’s facility will produce more than 1,000 times more fusion power than the government-operated machine that was put into service for weapons experiments after the U.S. stopped underground blasts in 1992.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Scientists at the Energy Department said they are preparing for the possibility of conducting new experiments that will mirror China’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Air Force ran a series of experiments in a secluded stretch of woods 50 miles from Atlanta, Georgia.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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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
Furthermore, the company has experimented with a new “asset-light” option that allows customers to deploy Nebius’ AI cloud offerings within their own data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
DoorDash has experimented with other new methods of delivery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Rutherford experimented by bombarding gold foils with alpha particles emanating from a glass vial of purified radium.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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This corner of Brooklyn is moving on to the next wave of gentrification: They’re culturally gentrifying the original gentrifiers, erasing the identity of precariously employed DJs who are experimenting with polyamory and microbangs.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
This places Praearcturus at a pivotal moment in Earth's history when animals were first experimenting with life outside the oceans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
Dunkin' Donuts is experimenting with protein-boosted drinks and customisable cold options, recently partnering with celebrities like Kylie Jenner to promote limited‑time drinks.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Interviewing people for that article, I learned they were experimenting with other injections—now widely known as peptides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
There, he learned the same rational, scientific approach to testing and experimenting that had proven that the sugar that comes from beets is the same as that which comes from cane.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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