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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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At a time when millennials and Gen Z feel isolated, one couple’s tiny ADU in South Pasadena became a happy experiment in multigenerational living.
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Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
According to its 2026 State of AI in the Enterprise, only 25% of organizations have moved 40% or more of their AI experiments into production to date.
—Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
My hope also is that their confrontation with the counterintuitive results of the Stern-Gerlach experiment will be a good and useful education by quantum.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
In a groundbreaking experiment, scientists used extremely short X-ray pulses—lasting only attoseconds (one quintillionth of a second)—to study electron motion.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
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Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
According to its 2026 State of AI in the Enterprise, only 25% of organizations have moved 40% or more of their AI experiments into production to date.
—Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
My hope also is that their confrontation with the counterintuitive results of the Stern-Gerlach experiment will be a good and useful education by quantum.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
In a groundbreaking experiment, scientists used extremely short X-ray pulses—lasting only attoseconds (one quintillionth of a second)—to study electron motion.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for experiment
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The original proposal included a provision that would have banned athletes from participating in sports after three positive tests.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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By 2017, monitoring wells — narrow pipes drilled into the ground to test groundwater — confirmed that contamination had been migrating off-site.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Experiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experiment. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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