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experimental

[ik-sper-uh-men-tl] / ɪkˌspɛr əˈmɛn tl /


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One summer, while his team-mates set off for Dubai or the Maldives, Whiteman appeared in a play in Holborn - an experimental art piece where he played a "really cheesy, over-the-top boyfriend".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The release of positive Phase 1 data for Erasca’s experimental cancer treatment was complicated by a patient death and comparisons to a rival drug from Revolution Medicines.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Instead, the experimental units can be plants, plots of land, fields, moors, forests, or oceans.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

The simulations matched the experimental data and confirmed the newly observed behavior, including the spacing between the paired "dancers."

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

One encyclopedia had a sentence of praise for us: “The common rat is highly valued as an experimental animal in medical research due to his toughness, intelligence, versatility and biological similarity to man.”

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien




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