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empirically

[em-pir-ik-lee] / ɛmˈpɪr ɪk li /


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Adam Parker: I have always been interested in empirically studying things.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

“Wouldn’t it be better for us to be able to give them empirically sound data upon which to base their decisions for use or their decisions not to use?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Now, I feel like I’m at a much better place empirically to make that claim, particularly based on what’s happened in the last year with mass deportations.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

And they empirically tested that theory, looking at the correlation of buy-the-dip versus the SG Trend index, which is the average return of the top 10 hedge funds running trend-following strategies.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 5, 2025

Yet however “quaint” the universes of the archaic or classical sages might have seemed by the third century, they were far from empirically disproven.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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