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Recent Examples of experimental The Berlin International Film Festival has announced its full lineup for the 55th Forum section, the festival’s sidebar focusing on experimental and avant-garde cinema. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025 The instruments aboard Firefly's lander include a subsurface drill, an X-ray imager, and an experimental electrodynamic dust shield to test methods of repelling troublesome lunar dust from accumulating on sensitive spacecraft components. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2025 Buy Now 04 of 10 'Hum' by Helen Philips Unemployed after being replaced by artificial intelligence, Mae subjects herself to experimental surgery to support her family, and to pay for a moment of escape to a botanical garden in a city rife with surveillance and devoid of nature. Erika Swyler, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025 China reveals ambitious space exploration plans The astronauts also performed a series of detailed movement measurements focused on using precision motion measurement devices and experimental software. Andrew Jones, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for experimental 
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Adjective
  • Hopefully at least two will be used to upgrade the offensive line by adding Year 1 starters, and not developmental projects.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
  • So far for Washington, he's been the perfect big man to provide an interior presence for skinny, developmental big man Alex Sarr.
    Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But Betancourt’s approach feels leaden with reference and citation, too often leaning on a catalog of cultural properties to advance an argument that is, at its heart, empirical.
    Jake Nevins, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The Congressional Budget Office states that there does not appear to be any direct empirical evidence pointing to a medical cost offset.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Brooks issued a final ruling in the case Dec. 23, noting nothing had changed since the preliminary injunction was issued.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The District Court denied Citizens United a preliminary injunction and granted appellee Federal Election Commission (FEC) summary judgment.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But modern advances in brain scans and other more objective measures of understanding animal psychobiology continue to show more similarities.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Color palettes emulate the yellowing fade of old photographs and the overly saturated or unnaturally cool tones of digital imagery, a reminder that the camera is rarely an objective observer.
    Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The pilot episode of Martin's new TV show on Outdoor Channel centers around his journey to becoming a master of West Tennessee whole hog barbecue, a technique enduring among only a few pitmasters in the state.
    Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 25 Apr. 2024
  • One bedroom, located in the cockpit, replicates the in-flight experience characterizing pilot and co-pilot chairs facing a front window, according to the listing.
    Ashley J. DiMella Fox News, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2024

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“Experimental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experimental. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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