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empirical

[em-pir-i-kuhl] / ɛmˈpɪr ɪ kəl /


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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

It is less a sudden ideological turn and more a downstream effect of years of empirical work.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Maybe they’ll investigate some important empirical problem that has been troubling him for years.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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