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experiment

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




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The experiment failed — none of the quartet advanced beyond Class-A — yet Fontaine maintained the sunny outlook he inherited from his father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Matt, York: The amount of injuries during this break, most of them muscular, including the usually extremely robust Erling Haaland surely highlights it has been a mistake of an experiment.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

It felt like the end of our Mountain State school experiment.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

In one experiment, they had two agents try and find each other and ran the experiment a thousand times to see what would happen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Fact: Companies pump the bag with nitrogen gas to prevent the chips from becoming potato crumbs, proven by my experiment in the third grade.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

And look — the Murray experiments make for good cinema.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

He told AFP that more will likely be established, in the region and in other nations friendly to China, as it experiments with how to run an air base beyond its borders.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

In a study published in Nature, researchers carried out the first experiments of their kind on two different conformal field theories using quantum simulators.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

I didn’t even get enough time to talk about becoming an astronaut and walking on Mars, or my favorite experiments or my best furry friend, Sir Fig.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Brands such as Balmain, Levi's and H&M have experimented with the technology, they said.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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

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

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

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

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

Researchers can refine scanning methods and computer algorithms on expendable models rather than experimenting directly on irreplaceable ancient artifacts.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

It is also experimenting with an ad format that launches a customized ChatGPT conversation when clicked, answering specific questions regarding the advertised product, ad buyers said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

But William was experimenting because he needed help.

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




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