How to Use empirical in a Sentence

empirical

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  • They collected plenty of empirical data from their experiments.
  • There is a blueprint for success, empirical data to guide us, and a light at the end of the tunnel.
    — Michael Dresser, baltimoresun.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • And the empirical basis for it is, in any case, doubtful.
    — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2020
  • This element is much less empirical than the first two and refers to where and how the ski makes contact with snow.
    — Elijah Rawls, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022
  • But most of the empirical evidence thus far points to the contrary.
    — David Zweig, Wired, 11 May 2020
  • And every bit of empirical evidence points to the fact that there are no good cops.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 24 May 2018
  • More empirical work is needed to say for certain if a species grieves and mourns.
    — Caitlyn Finton, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The Catholic Church must align itself with empirical facts.
    — Brooke Stanton, National Review, 15 June 2021
  • The point of the pilots isn’t just the empirical findings, but to make the policy tangible.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 12 June 2023
  • But still, at least from an empirical perspective, the Ravens ought to have a slight boost by resting this week.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But that’s the least likely based on the latest empirical data.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 July 2021
  • The whole thing about faith is to believe things for which there is no empirical evidence.
    — Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Some are strictly empirical, like the rate at which stars are born in the Milky Way and the fraction of those stars with habitable planets.
    — Dennis Overbye, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The question is, how long can one deny a growing empirical body of facts?
    — National Geographic, 5 Feb. 2017
  • But the empirical record showed this to be at best an incomplete account.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022
  • In terms of the existing empirical research, the results are very mixed.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Milkman: White men tend to have the best social networks and be the best connected—that is an empirical fact.
    — B.r.j. O'Donnell, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2017
  • And then, of course, there is the empirical evidence collected in the past twenty-three years.
    — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Other than higher profits, none of the rest of the scenario has much empirical backing.
    — Jared Bernstein, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
  • As researchers call for more empirical data to identify the best care plan, advocates warn the world is on the verge of a crisis.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • What happened in Maui, in plain empirical terms, is simple enough to describe.
    — Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 1 Sep. 2023
  • If this is an empirical claim, it’s contradicted by the facts.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
  • The research is the first empirical study of a wind farm effect on a lobster population.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 1 July 2021
  • While progress is being made and qubits are being added, the process is mostly a slow grind of refinement and empirical testing.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2018
  • There were two reasons for that, one empirical and one structural.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2022
  • There is no empirical metric to measure the day’s success.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 2 May 2017
  • This supports the empirical data, which shows 88% of sharks were only sighted once.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Biden, on the other hand, has decades of careful empirical economics research to guide him.
    — Star Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021
  • That has been disproven time and time again, both at an empirical and an anecdotal level.
    — Christine M. Flowers, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Launch at a smaller scale, gather the empirical data and adjust.
    — Andy Lin, Forbes, 25 June 2021

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