as in test
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment in which he flew a kite in a thunderstorm to see if lightning and electricity were identical
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Our kids deserve better than being the subjects of a surveillance experiment that will leave them a world on fire.
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Liat Olenick, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
Continuing and executive education is expected to be more lucrative than other efforts the university has made to expand access to its academic offerings, such as an earlier experiment with free online courses for students who didn’t earn credit or a degree.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2025
And, thanks to a natural experiment nearly two decades ago, researchers can predict what that will mean for patient care.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
So far, his team conducted tagging experiments with the sharks in May, with some success.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 July 2025
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Liat Olenick, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
Continuing and executive education is expected to be more lucrative than other efforts the university has made to expand access to its academic offerings, such as an earlier experiment with free online courses for students who didn’t earn credit or a degree.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2025
And, thanks to a natural experiment nearly two decades ago, researchers can predict what that will mean for patient care.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
So far, his team conducted tagging experiments with the sharks in May, with some success.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 July 2025
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The main comment almost everyone who participated in the taste test said about this brand was that the ice cream was very creamy.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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Choose a noncritical system (like a training or test server), and deploy a basic AI security agent there.—
Saurav Bhattacharya,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Experiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experiment. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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