empirically
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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
"This provides clear molecular-level evidence for the empirically known effects of combining food ingredients."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 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
Categories, functions, and meanings have to be ascertained empirically, by running little experiments such as substituting a phrase whose category you don’t know for one you do know and seeing whether the sentence still works.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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