nonempirical

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Recent Examples of nonempirical The enforcement of such nonempirical standards as taste and judgment implies a kind of cultural and aesthetic hierarchy that Silicon Valley’s ruling class embraces ruthlessly but will never admit to countenancing. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Oct. 2019 Each story represents a fresh challenge of how to say things in a nonempirical way. Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 24 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonempirical
Adjective
  • For stock market investors, the equity risk premium is the theoretical excess return of stocks over risk-free assets to account for market risk.
    , CNBC, 19 May 2025
  • Think of the 60 plus percentage rates advertised in the press as the ceiling or the theoretical maximum reimbursement rates.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • During the alleged incident, Combs threw a hanger at Morgan, later paying a settlement after the fact.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • The city has paid around $100 million to settle alleged police misconduct so far this year, with hundreds more cases looming.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Despite challenges like legacy data integration and security, digital twins promise significant operational advantages by making hypothetical scenarios feel immediate and actionable.
    Murugan Lakshmanan, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • The vice president also pitched a hypothetical scenario in which the U.S. went to war with a foreign adversary and whether parents would like the peace of mind that the weapons used by U.S. soldiers are made within the U.S. rather than another country.
    Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • Surreal, beautiful, and then truly shocking, this is a classic conceptual A24 horror, with all the hallucinatory imagery, and head-spinning, hairpin bends that entails.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 7 May 2025
  • Solomon bravely represented conceptual artists such as Paik and Gordon Matta-Clark, and artists from the Arte Povera, and the Pattern and Decoration movements.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Biden's attorney jumped in to clarify that Hur's team had asked a speculative question that did not reflect Biden's initial answer.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 May 2025
  • Any financial instruments mentioned herein are speculative in nature and may involve risk to principal and interest.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Other BuLi teams have take chances on young, unproven trainers, such as Jürgen Klop, Hansi Flick, Sebastian Hoeneß, and that guy who's training the German National Team.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • But the nurses rallied with us and convinced the administration to try this unknown and unproven technique.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • Berry recorded an impairment charge of $44 million related to unproved properties affected by California Senate Bill No. 1137, which restricts new drilling activities within 3,200 feet of sensitive receptors.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Rhetoric surrounding an audit of aid for Kyiv has amplified unproved accusations that Ukrainian officials have siphoned off cash intended for the war effort, and could undermine other requests for assistance.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Nonempirical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonempirical. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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