empirical
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Both Fontaines were scouts well ahead of the deep empirical and objective analysis of baseball data — sabermetrics is the catch-all term — that some believe has made scouts obsolete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
"While we still need more empirical data to know if simulated shopping can satisfy a consumer urge, evidence from simulated consumption in gaming shows it can be highly effective," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Despite its importance, however, the hypothesis had rarely been evaluated using large empirical datasets spanning a broad range of insects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
There is “robust empirical support for the momentum factor over domestic and global stock markets spanning up to 150 years of data,” they wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
It was impossible to deny, despite all empirical evidence to the contrary, that there wasn’t a massive cavity in my chest where my emotions used to be.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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