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also empiric
1
as in observational
based on observation or experience
guidelines for raising children that are based on empirical evidence
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2
as in demonstrable
capable of being proven as true or real
a philosopher who does not regard "God exists" as an empirical statement
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Recent Examples of empirical
The migration from consensus to empirical validation is an inevitability.
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Benjamin D. Summers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The authors caution that while these findings are early, their large-scale, real-time dataset provides some of the first direct empirical evidence that AI is shifting job opportunities away from America’s entry-level workers.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Research and empirical evidence from across Europe suggests that chasing the far right is a disastrous and self-defeating strategy.
—Jonathan Portes, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
The only fly in the ointment was the inability of the hawks to create an empirical, granular analysis to back up their seat-of-the-pants judgments.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
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Benjamin D. Summers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The authors caution that while these findings are early, their large-scale, real-time dataset provides some of the first direct empirical evidence that AI is shifting job opportunities away from America’s entry-level workers.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Research and empirical evidence from across Europe suggests that chasing the far right is a disastrous and self-defeating strategy.
—Jonathan Portes, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
The only fly in the ointment was the inability of the hawks to create an empirical, granular analysis to back up their seat-of-the-pants judgments.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empirical
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Some observational studies have found weak associations between frequent acetaminophen use in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes, including autism and ADHD.—
Dr. Craig Spencer,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Over the 1960s and 1970s, as well as ever since, a combination of observational and theoretical advances unequivocally demonstrated the success of the Big Bang in describing our Universe and predicting its properties.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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This patchwork of laws, the demonstrable technological hurdles, and the symbolic value of lunar firsts combine to create an environment of competition that could resemble past resource rushes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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An illusion endlessly repeated despite its demonstrable untruth ceases to be an illusion and becomes a lie; a lie endlessly retold can become second nature, so ingrained and instinctive as to detach from its origins and morph into self-delusion.—
HUSSEIN AGHA,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Defamation concerns false statements that are couched as factual and objective.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The study’s large sample size and use of objective data strengthen the reliability of these findings.—
Jack McNamara,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Whether Optimus becomes America’s poster child for humanoids depends on Tesla moving from spectacle to sustained, independently verifiable results and its ability to manage supply-chain, production, and service economics at scale.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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The team believes models in the coming years may evolve to have effective simulated reasoning without producing a verifiable chain of thought.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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Everything that LaFleur said was factual and taking responsibility for his poor coaching performance was a must.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Sep. 2025
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Its win reflects South’s role as a launchpad for Spanish factual, with RTVE Play ramping up originals that could later grow their international footprintvia RTVE Sales, bolstering Spain’s documentary footprint abroad.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This would move us from probabilistic trust to mathematical certainty, transforming cryptographic assurance into a provable, unassailable fact.—
Pravir Malik,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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That’s unequivocal and provable.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The team’s improvements spanned software optimizations, experimental techniques, and advanced engineering, enabling bit-flip times far beyond previous levels.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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UniQure — The biotech firm's stock soared nearly 9% after a clinical trial found the company's experimental gene therapy for Huntington's slowed the progress of the neurodegenerative disease.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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Too many Republicans today seem to have a different idea, that bad behavior is excusable so long as the perpetrator is advancing their priorities.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Empirical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empirical. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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