experiment
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“I’m just dipping my toe in.… It’s still an experiment for me,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
STM imaging only measures effects at a material's surface, so the experiment does not directly reveal what is happening throughout the interior of uranium ditelluride.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
At the beginning of the experiment, each participant lay quietly while the researchers recorded one minute of baseline BS using an electronic stethoscope and advanced signal-processing software.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
Matt, York: The amount of injuries during this break, most of them muscular, including the usually extremely robust Erling Haaland surely highlights it has been a mistake of an experiment.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
No scary movie, failed experiment, or broken cell phone came close to the fear now pumping my heart at a hundred thousand beats per minute.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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That’s exactly what higher education needs: investment in new, competitive experiments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“An accurate predictive model of biology could dramatically accelerate scientific discovery by enabling scientists to perform experiments digitally,” Biohub’s head of science Alex Rives said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Freeman, the Alaska director of the Center for Biological Diversity, isn't just concerned Homer residents weren't widely alerted to these experiments.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"This is something that many of us have argued must be there for a good many years, and that many experiments have looked for," says Rajagopal, who was not directly involved with the new study.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
“We are in the midst of one of the greatest social experiments this country has ever seen,” said Eisman.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Brands such as Balmain, Levi's and H&M have experimented with the technology, they said.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Ms. Browne recounts how Darwin experimented with “cascades of ideas” and “oscillated between recording things he had read or heard and tackling on his own the deepest themes of metaphysics.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The gathering is the first Republican national convention held specifically for a midterm election, although Democrats experimented with similar meetings in the 1970s and 1980s.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
At first, the researchers experimented with ways to chemically transform PVC molecules into different materials.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
To be fair, Hucbald merely experimented with this concept rather than invented it; it had been circulating in musical theories since antiquity, as indeed it had in Indian and Chinese musical systems.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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I went into the recipe expecting exactly that, was delighted to find it delivered and started experimenting with the same trick in soups of my own.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
As early as the 19th century, vintners began experimenting with dealcoholized wine using a process known as vacuum distillation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The lawsuit carries constitutional implications for other places around the U.S. experimenting with second-home taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Researchers can refine scanning methods and computer algorithms on expendable models rather than experimenting directly on irreplaceable ancient artifacts.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
I’d done some more experimenting with cake flavors since then, but this recipe felt right for today, since it reminded me of the summer I first started writing to Marcus.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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