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empiricists

noun

plural of empiricist
as in observers

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  1. observers
  2. researchers
Noun
  • The government did not meet demands from the opposition and international observers for publication of the electoral council’s complete polling-station-level results so they could be independently compared with the opposition’s copies.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Still, some observers argue that holding Saturday’s Mass at Place de la Concorde and along the Champs-Élysées, near the National Assembly and the presidential palace, could be seen as a continuation of Catholicism’s privileged cultural position.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
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  • Because different areas of the striatum correspond to different types of movement, the researchers propose that similar imbalances in other striatal circuits could potentially contribute to other forms of behavioral rigidity, as per the release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Under outdoor sunlight, the researchers measured the textile at around 3-6 °C below ambient air temperature.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026
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“Empiricists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empiricists. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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