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empiric

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as in observer

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Recent Examples of empiric By removing emotion from wealth planning and investing, AI helps ensure that decisions are based on data and empirics rather than intuition. — Logan Weaver, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025 Economics is hard, but many of us who are not averse to giving due respect to professionals who have a real understanding of how the world works have shifted our assessment on the empirics of late. — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2010 Atheists are philosophers not scientists and science is not a philosophy or a religion but a method of empiric inquiry based on questioning, imagination and experimentation. — Wired Letters Department, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2006

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But the project, which is supported by the Tibetan government, has also raised concerns among international observers.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Particulars matter Haiti observers warn that considering the country’s vexing history with electoral fraud, violence, problematic votes and post-election crises, the particulars of its electoral machinery do matter.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

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Homeowners have done so previously, and got no relief other than an election monitor assigned to count ballots at last month’s HOA board election.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Pioneered by the Earth Fire Alliance, or EFA — a global nonprofit organization developing technology to detect, monitor and research wildfires — and built by Muon Space, the state began to support the FireSat program in 2022.

— Reeti Malhotra July 25, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

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