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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.
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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
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When people see that scams can be built around them specifically, security habits stop feeling theoretical and start feeling necessary.
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After machine learning identified promising candidates, researchers verified them through theoretical calculations before synthesizing and experimentally confirming the materials.
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The shooting may have been worse if not for the actions of a Muslim immigrant from Syria who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers.
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To scroll the internet during the Swift-Kelce nuptials was to see a barrage of people lamenting the city’s electricity bill, misspent taxpayer dollars, and the alleged tackiness of a private, sure, but very much not secret affair.
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China has ratcheted up pressure on Tokyo after comments by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in November that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo, which drew criticism from Beijing.
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The workshop’s facilitators posed a series of hypothetical adversarial actions, or vignettes, to the participants.
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An artist's rendering of development of a conceptual moon base near the lunar south pole.
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The German conceptual artist and painter Rune Mields, who designed her own grave, has died at age 91.
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Whether such an android would have a soul or be self-aware, Lee said that's more speculative.
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Their investment materials include the typical warnings, that positions can be illiquid, speculative and difficult to value.
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Trump last year tried to remove a sitting Fed governor, Lisa Cook, from the Fed’s powerful board, citing unproven allegations of mortgage fraud.
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Last year’s opportunity was lost, but this season presents a clean slate, and new hope for him and most of Miami’s roster, which is filled with young, unproven starters and NFL journeymen looking to find solid footing with a team starting over, which is indeed the Dolphins.
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But Starship still must demonstrate multiple unproved capabilities that are crucial to NASA’s plans—such as the in-space refueling, via multiple launches, that’s required for sending the vehicle out of low-Earth orbit to the moon.
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When gambling becomes the norm, taking risks in unproved investment channels start to look reasonable.
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
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“Nonempirical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonempirical. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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