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 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 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 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
  • The Role of the United States To claim that the U.S. is merely a passive observer is both inaccurate and misleading.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • But given that both the lander and tanker Starships will use up most of their propellant just getting into orbit, some independent observers estimate as many as 10 to 20 launches will be needed to gas up the lander for the flight to the moon.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • As more people opt for personalized health data, the once-futuristic idea of wearing health tech daily has become so mainstream that donning an Oura ring or glucose monitor at a party is no longer a rarity.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 27 June 2025
  • He is accused of violating his parole conditions and removing his GPS monitor, deputies said.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025

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“Empiric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empiric. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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