empirical
Example Sentences
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It is less a sudden ideological turn and more a downstream effect of years of empirical work.
From Barron's
Yet for all its reach, we still lack an empirical answer to a basic question: How has hip hop affected the lives of those most exposed to it?
Duesberg’s intellectual journey points to an eternal question in science: At what point does a theory become so discredited and the empirical evidence against it so strong, that its advocates should be ignored?
From Los Angeles Times
It’s been decades since this view enjoyed strong empirical support, if it ever did.
“There wasn’t a robust empirical analysis of: How do child care prices affect fertility rates?”
From Salon
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