experimentation

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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Noun
  • The main comment almost everyone who participated in the taste test said about this brand was that the ice cream was very creamy.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Choose a noncritical system (like a training or test server), and deploy a basic AI security agent there.
    Saurav Bhattacharya, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • Harvard found in an experiment with nearly 300 executives, that those who relied on ChatGPT for stock price forecasts grew more optimistic and overconfident — and ultimately made worse predictions than peers who worked with other humans to discuss the logic.
    Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • But Betterton knew his team owed the public transparency on experiments occurring in their area.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Experimentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experimentation. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.

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