as in test
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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From SoundCloud to city walls After a series of relocations and random jobs, the project that would become the Unapologetic Street Series finally began in New York in 2016, first as spoken-word experiments on SoundCloud, then as small black-and-white posters plastered onto city walls.
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Yamlek Mojica, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Their experiments revealed how hydrogen interacted with silicon and oxygen in nanostructures as the metal cooled, with the ratio of hydrogen to silicon being roughly 1 to 1.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
But that has changed in the past century or so as the philosophers’ musings have wandered into the realm of theory, experiment and data.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026
For you and Desus, what was that like, just being able to just do whatever and experiment on TV?
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
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Yamlek Mojica, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Their experiments revealed how hydrogen interacted with silicon and oxygen in nanostructures as the metal cooled, with the ratio of hydrogen to silicon being roughly 1 to 1.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
But that has changed in the past century or so as the philosophers’ musings have wandered into the realm of theory, experiment and data.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026
For you and Desus, what was that like, just being able to just do whatever and experiment on TV?
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for experiment
test
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With initial tests scheduled by the end of 2026, the partnership aims to achieve operational functionality in the first two years, followed by further development and expansion.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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Nissen and his fellow researchers’ test subjects took around 45 minute naps on average.—
Hunter Boyce,
AJC.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Experiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experiment. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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