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.
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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
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
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Many observers have argued in retrospect that blocking the merger was a mistake.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Davis, the observer, said that unlike the earlier trackers, the Migra Map doesn’t attempt to alert people to events occurring in real time, but reports enforcement actions after the fact.—
Carolina Cuellar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
Noun
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And across them, the detective—once Modernism’s heroic empiricist—a figure of melancholy drift, a leftover from a world that still believed in beginnings and ends.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Glossip must wear a GPS ankle monitor, adhere to a nightly curfew and avoid contact with potential witnesses and Van Treese’s family.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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Matt, what was your experience of watching Caitríona and Sam shoot that from behind the monitor?—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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“Empiric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empiric. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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