as in test
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
people who oppose experimentations involving animals for the testing of cosmetics intended for humans
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Recent Examples of experimentation
As the inaugural biennial edition, LagosPhoto 2025 opens a transformative new chapter—building on fifteen years of experimentation while pursuing fresh dialogues around invention, resistance, and freedom.
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Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
This experimentation is happening precisely because the old models collapsed.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Regulatory Clarity Drives Adoption Corporate blockchain experimentation accelerated following regulatory developments in 2024.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Branching results like that inspires experimentation in character builds, which then encourages multiple playthroughs to see just how out-of-hand a situation could have gotten.
—Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Evolution is a process of continual experimentation.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
While attempting a new hairstyle can feel a bit intimidating, Taylor encourages experimentation and reminds us that curls come in various shapes, patterns, and sizes.
—Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Klein emphasized that experimentation doesn’t require enterprise-scale deployments.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Lowering the stakes encourages experimentation and helps teams become invested in each other's ideas.
—Cas Holman, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
This experimentation is happening precisely because the old models collapsed.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Regulatory Clarity Drives Adoption Corporate blockchain experimentation accelerated following regulatory developments in 2024.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Branching results like that inspires experimentation in character builds, which then encourages multiple playthroughs to see just how out-of-hand a situation could have gotten.
—Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Evolution is a process of continual experimentation.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
While attempting a new hairstyle can feel a bit intimidating, Taylor encourages experimentation and reminds us that curls come in various shapes, patterns, and sizes.
—Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Klein emphasized that experimentation doesn’t require enterprise-scale deployments.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Lowering the stakes encourages experimentation and helps teams become invested in each other's ideas.
—Cas Holman, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for experimentation
Noun
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The research team also highlighted that the system passed all tests.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.—
Khloe Quill , Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Employers can create weekly forums where employees can share both AI successes and failures without judgment, then reallocate budgets away from underperforming AI experiments to pilots that are showing success.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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During their stay, the astronauts conducted various scientific experiments and added two of a planned 23 experimental modules to the station.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Experimentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experimentation. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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