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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.
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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
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
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That balance is not theoretical.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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If the pair pull it off, the implications could be massive, revealing AI’s potential to convincingly resurrect and reinvent our cinematic history — a potential that before the tech had remained firmly theoretical.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The alleged victim had been diagnosed with multiple medical conditions, including dementia, and was found to be cognitively impaired in 2024 during a mental health evaluation, according to a probable cause affidavit.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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Lopez, who pleaded not guilty, is the sole defendant out of several alleged co-conspirators still awaiting trial on the racketeering charges.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Instead of posing questions about geography or world affairs, the test asked him to tackle hypothetical situations, from the frustrating to the dangerous.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Focus on the craft in front of you without thinking of its hypothetical audience.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But since 2021, the city’s rules have been little more than conceptual and led to virtually no affordable units, the city said.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Ryan, who is Orange County based, will begin the conceptual design phase of the memorial, including the preparation of detailed sketches and a 12-inch maquette.—
Magda Liszewska,
Oc Register,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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These aren’t speculative ideas.—
Brian Barlow,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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While this move is largely speculative at present, the strategic importance of the Middle East to the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency should not be underestimated, according to Deutsche.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That, coupled with e-commerce and social media algorithms, can result in people seeing a huge amount of content about unproven treatments.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sarepta, which laid off more than one-third of its workforce last year after multiple patient deaths derailed its top-selling gene therapy for muscular dystrophy, has staked its future on a pipeline of unproven treatments for related conditions.—
Damian Garde,
STAT,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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What’s thus far unproved — and the topic of fierce debate — is whether algorithms like ACE2 can keep up over the long term.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Feb. 2026
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What Happens Next The lawsuit’s allegations are unproved, and no court has made findings on the merits.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Nonempirical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonempirical. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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