empiricist

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Noun
  • The Indian government has cracked down in areas where Maoist groups are active – an approach that, while appearing to reduce the threat level, has been criticized by some observers as heavy-handed and prone to abuse.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • Roberts, Barrett and Gorsuch are seen as key swing votes Two conservative justices — John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett — are seen by veteran court observers as the most likely swing votes in the birthright citizenship case.
    David Catanese, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
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