empirical

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The idea that “there will be no victor or vanquished” is not poetic fatalism, it is empirical reality.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

But 34 years later, Sims and Sargent would share in the 2011 economics Nobel for “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

"Once the question shifts from where intelligence is to how the system is organized," Wilcox noted, "the empirical targets change."

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

“Our culture formed and bound by empirical science, will never credit such an explanation. But what if there is some important sense in which it is true?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

“I’d be very happy to provide you with empirical evidence if you want, even though I think you’re violating my human rights.”

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez