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 Further experiments focused on its ability to identify, track and retrieve floating targets. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 Together, the experiments suggest the material can acquire new capabilities even after its initial fabrication. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 24 July 2026 Every summer, the de Menils would trek to France and spend time with the larger Schlumberger family at the Val-Richer estate in Normandy—the same land where Conrad conducted his early experiments. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 24 July 2026 This worked much better, producing a structure that agreed with ones determined by experiments with actual nucleic acids and proteins. — ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026 Together, the demonstrations provide early evidence that SceneSmith's rooms can support useful robotics experiments. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026 Belsky compares these experiments to her experience at Yale Law School, where sustained questioning by a professor was a defining part of legal education. — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 One of those experiments is bundling France’s TF1 channels into Netflix, with one analyst wondering if the service is eyeing similar deals elsewhere. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2026 Students will be able to observe and conduct experiments on the samples, as part of an education initiative. — Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 17 July 2026

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tests

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The launch hints at sustained progress after years of botched tests, but there is a caveat.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 25 July 2026
The agency’s Orbital Express mission, launched in 2007, completed several months of rendezvous and docking maneuvers, robotic arm tests, and other servicing demonstrations in low-Earth orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026