empiric

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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 The irony is that citizenship helps drive integration — not the other way around Like many immigration arguments, the case for ending birthright citizenship is a normative argument wrapped in incorrect empirics. Dara Lind, Vox, 23 July 2018 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empiric
Noun
  • Tatum sidesteps a question about whether joining Marvel now — at a moment when many industry observers think the brand is past its peak — made sense.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • As leaves turn colorful, most observers update their reports weekly.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hours before a game, while huddling with New York Mets first-base coach Antoan Richardson over a monitor, Juan Soto spotted something on video that even an experienced eye might miss.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Wi-Fi capability is also one of the best features for anyone at home who does not want to haul a clunky monitor screen throughout the house.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Empiric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empiric. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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