ascertainment

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Ultrafast laser spectroscopy allows the ascertainment of dynamics over extremely short time scales, making it a very useful tool in many scientific and industrial applications.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

Some produce symptoms that are consistently severe, whereas others are variable or mild, but because of ascertainment bias we do not know their true range of health and developmental effects.

From Scientific American • May 5, 2022

Real certificates of ascertainment all look slightly different because there's no standardized form.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2022

Governors are required to submit to Congress a certificate of ascertainment of presidential electors.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2021

It was to be determined by facts; and the ascertainment of it was appointed, by our commander, for the employment of the ensuing summer.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew