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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.
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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
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
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Industry observers said China is wise to go back to its well of popular martial arts classics out of Hong Kong, which have inspired U.S. action movies for decades.—
Wendy Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
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As pension debt ballooned along with the proportion of the city’s budget (slowly) dedicated to funding pension systems and as property taxes rose, observers began taking more notice.—
Jennifer Hochschild,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
Noun
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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
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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 11 Jul. 2025.
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