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empirical

[em-pir-i-kuhl] / ɛmˈpɪr ɪ kəl /


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He offers no argumentation, no humility in light of humanity’s vast uncertainty about what consciousness is, no engagement with a growing body of empirical research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“And in a market like Manhattan or the Hamptons, that simply isn’t supported by empirical data.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 25, 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 find no literature or empirical data directed to a middle schooler.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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