Thesaurus results for EXPERIMENTS

experiments

noun

plural of experiment

as in tests

a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment in which he flew a kite in a thunderstorm to see if lightning and electricity were identical

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Recent Examples of experiments The methodology of Milgram’s experiments as well as similar ones has been recently questioned and the numbers disputed. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026 How this differs from earlier experiments The demonstration builds on previous work showing that optical communications can operate between the stratosphere and the ground. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 Swatch is turning one of its boldest brand experiments — a fully fledged artist residency on Shanghai’s historic Bund — into an exclusive collection. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 In the final step, the team focused on behavioral experiments. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026 Lab experiments conducted by Brumm’s group suggest this isn’t necessarily always the case. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026 As America nears the 250th anniversary of its founding, Congress emerges as a messy but essential stage where the nation’s biggest conflicts, compromises and experiments play out. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Curated by Our Editors Fog forms and dissipates and moves, all without a care for scientists’ experiments, and bacteria are difficult to keep tabs on. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026 Serious retailers run these tiny layout, pricing and merchandising experiments all the time. — Bar Maimon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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The financial incentives to win FDA approval also became far more powerful after Congress approved Medicare to cover multi-cancer detection tests that are greenlighted by the agency.

— Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
What this process gave me was a very expensive (about $1,000) education in how to evaluate risk at a time when there are always new tests and options to assess it.

— Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026