as in knowledge
a body of facts learned by study or experience
the science of medicine grew tremendously in the course of the 19th century
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Colossal’s chief science officer, Beth Shapiro, was on a work trip to the UK when the first dire wolf litter was born.
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Emily Mullin, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2025
The science payload to be landed there includes seismometers, a drill to allow emplacement of heat flow and electrical conductivity probes, and instruments to study the magnetic field and surface weathering.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
The answer is highly dependent on where the veterinarian went to school and the science one chooses to believe.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Collaboration between marketing and data science teams will become essential.
—Denis Sinelnikov, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Emily Mullin, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2025
The science payload to be landed there includes seismometers, a drill to allow emplacement of heat flow and electrical conductivity probes, and instruments to study the magnetic field and surface weathering.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
The answer is highly dependent on where the veterinarian went to school and the science one chooses to believe.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Collaboration between marketing and data science teams will become essential.
—Denis Sinelnikov, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for science
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“Science.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/science. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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