empirical

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“Nearly all empirical studies find little to no tangible impacts of sports teams and facilities on local economic activity,” says a 2022 review of decades of research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 25, 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

Boyle and Newton believed in the transmutation of base metals into gold; but they were excellent judges when dealing with other empirical questions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton