empiricist

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Noun
  • Some observers, trying to make sense of Trump’s behavior, have tried to put his policies firmly back in the box of great-power competition.
    Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • According to Vatican observers and bookmakers, the following candidates have the strongest odds.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 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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“Empiricist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empiricist. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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