the scientific method
noun
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: the process that is used by scientists for testing ideas and theories by using experiments and careful observation
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Our scientific foundation, which includes the full suite of data and the scientific method for self-correcting and making progress, is sturdier and stronger than at any point in history.
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Big Think, 12 Nov. 2025
Prior to the scientific method, meeting challenges to new technology was piecemeal.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
But the scientific method will not, perhaps, go quietly.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
It's also backed by a Grand Canyon-sized expanse of evidence collected via the scientific method by very smart people.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Big Think, 12 Nov. 2025
Prior to the scientific method, meeting challenges to new technology was piecemeal.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
But the scientific method will not, perhaps, go quietly.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
It's also backed by a Grand Canyon-sized expanse of evidence collected via the scientific method by very smart people.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the scientific method
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