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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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And what other pitching experiments are in store for 2026?
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
With Meta now involved, that experiment could soon expand into something much larger.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
In this edition…The Pentagon fight with Anthropic raises three crucial questions…OpenAI raises $110 billion in new funding…Meta experiments with an AI shopping assistant…LLMs can identify pseudonymous internet users at scale…data centers on the front lines in the Iran war.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
In other words, maintain a more traditional front yard but experiment with different eco-friendly practices in your backyard, which may be less visible to others.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2026
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
With Meta now involved, that experiment could soon expand into something much larger.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
In this edition…The Pentagon fight with Anthropic raises three crucial questions…OpenAI raises $110 billion in new funding…Meta experiments with an AI shopping assistant…LLMs can identify pseudonymous internet users at scale…data centers on the front lines in the Iran war.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
In other words, maintain a more traditional front yard but experiment with different eco-friendly practices in your backyard, which may be less visible to others.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2026
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test
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But now, these six weeks of spring training leading into the six months of the season, the test starts for real.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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This test flight also delivered a demonstrator payload for @LockheedMartin.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Experiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experiment. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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