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
In experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, physicists smash together beams of protons, breaking them up into all possible elementary bits and pieces.
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Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2026
Those experiments were once widely dismissed as impractical, and Joby has faced similar skepticism.
—Randy Tucker, USA Today, 15 June 2026
The incident added fuel to years of speculation surrounding the collider’s experiments, making CERN one of the few modern research facilities to develop a paranormal reputation despite a lack of evidence supporting the claims.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
Thus, traces of this quantum gravity theory or a fifth fundamental force appearing as deviations from Newton's laws should be testable with a wide range of experiments.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 June 2026
The results show us the relevance of tasting experiments on promoting this new alternative.
—Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Update a profile photo and choose a guiding word for the month, because tiny experiments spark the kind of momentum your curious mind craves.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Madonna hunts pheasant in the English countryside, Thomas Edison electrocutes an elephant, Harry Harlow conducts callous experiments on monkeys, and Jimmy Carter fends off a swamp rabbit attack.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Careful calibration comes to mind, rather than the mad-scientist experiments typically associated with dub.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026
Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2026
Those experiments were once widely dismissed as impractical, and Joby has faced similar skepticism.
—Randy Tucker, USA Today, 15 June 2026
The incident added fuel to years of speculation surrounding the collider’s experiments, making CERN one of the few modern research facilities to develop a paranormal reputation despite a lack of evidence supporting the claims.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
Thus, traces of this quantum gravity theory or a fifth fundamental force appearing as deviations from Newton's laws should be testable with a wide range of experiments.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 June 2026
The results show us the relevance of tasting experiments on promoting this new alternative.
—Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Update a profile photo and choose a guiding word for the month, because tiny experiments spark the kind of momentum your curious mind craves.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Madonna hunts pheasant in the English countryside, Thomas Edison electrocutes an elephant, Harry Harlow conducts callous experiments on monkeys, and Jimmy Carter fends off a swamp rabbit attack.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Careful calibration comes to mind, rather than the mad-scientist experiments typically associated with dub.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for experiments
tests
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The two partnered for hypersonic missile tests from the pad in the last two years, but the pad has also hosted commercial launch providers, including a pair of Astra Space launches, under a lease agreement with Space Florida, the state’s aerospace finance and development authority.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
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Yet some 20 states — including New York — used English-literacy tests to suppress minority votes, and had for decades.—
Robert Polner,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
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“Experiments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experiments. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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