empiric

noun

Definition of empiricnext
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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  1. observer
  2. empiricist
  3. monitor
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  • Coleman found instructive a 1938 ruling in favor of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who challenged a radio station that placed observers on a rooftop next to Forbes Field and paid them to provide play-by-play for an unauthorized radio broadcast.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • While international observers initially blamed Moscow for the blasts, investigators later found suggestions that Ukrainian state security agencies may have been involved — even though Ukraine counts Germany as one of its closest allies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of observer
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  • Like the work of the empiricist who inspired Lewis’s trip, this contemporary story leads us to a more complex and more honest understanding of the past.
    — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
  • Rinehart is the empiricist of the group.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Definition of empiricist
Noun
  • He was fired from his position as school bus monitor before his arrest.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • It’s billed as the world’s first 6K gaming monitor with native 165Hz performance and 330Hz Dual Mode.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
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“Empiric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empiric. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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