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experiment

[ik-sper-uh-muhnt, ek-sper-uh-ment] / ɪkˈspɛr ə mənt, ɛkˈspɛr əˌmɛnt /




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Repeating the experiment with girls next seemed logical and fair.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

In practice, many firms will go through a period of six to 18 months where productivity stalls or declines as they experiment, rebuild workflows and figure out what actually works.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

In one experiment, scientists introduced glucose into a single tanycyte while observing nearby astrocytes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Project Maven is the Pentagon's flagship artificial intelligence program, launched in 2017 as a narrow experiment to help military analysts make sense of the torrent of drone footage pouring in from conflict zones.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

I wanted to show that an experiment wasn’t just about the facts, that it could really mean something.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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