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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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Establishing a foreign policy based on free trade among countries was key to the American experiment.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
Following the fear conditioning experiment, the team compared the neurons in their amygdalae.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Like the film of her dying mother, these early experiments hadn’t necessarily been conceived as artworks.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
If Lincoln had lost in 1860, or Reagan dismissed the Soviet threat, the American experiment might have ended, but most life on Earth wouldn’t have noticed.
—Bill Weir, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
Following the fear conditioning experiment, the team compared the neurons in their amygdalae.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Like the film of her dying mother, these early experiments hadn’t necessarily been conceived as artworks.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
If Lincoln had lost in 1860, or Reagan dismissed the Soviet threat, the American experiment might have ended, but most life on Earth wouldn’t have noticed.
—Bill Weir, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Experiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experiment. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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