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empirical

[em-pir-i-kuhl] / ɛmˈpɪr ɪ kəl /


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Empirical research over the past few years has produced benchmark datasets that correlate model outputs with party positions before and during elections.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

However, the favored ratios can vary greatly between different societies, according to a large-scale study led by researchers at MIT and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics and carried out in 15 countries.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

As Adam Feldman has shown on Empirical SCOTUS, Kavanaugh and Roberts are nearly inseparable, voting together in 98 percent of cases, a record on this court.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2023

It reads: "Empirical evidence shows that immigration detention has immediate and long-term negative consequences on people's medical and mental health".

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2023

Empirical Reaction of the English Philosophers 376 § 187.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton




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