How to Use scientific in a Sentence

scientific

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  • The full results of the Texas study have not been made public or published in a scientific journal.
    — Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • In the scientific terms there are two types of these tiny bits of organic matter.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The team plans to publish the work in a scientific journal, but the research hasn’t yet undergone peer review.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
  • There is a whiff of the scientific, or scientistic, about it.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The mission promised to break new scientific pathways and make careers.
    — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
  • But there is not a clear scientific consensus on this point.
    — USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
  • As the editor of a scientific journal, I was mortified to read the claims laid out in Lewis-Kraus’s article.
    — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The scientific community agrees that the tremors and uplift are signs that the volcano is awakening.
    — Alessio Perrone, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2023
  • In scientific research, the paper usually comes out about a year after the research was done.
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
  • How the wolves’ lives unfold is likely to be the subject of political sparring and scientific research for years to come.
    — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Osborn is part of a group of scientists who are mounting a kind of scientific salvage mission.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
  • There have long been concerns about the impact of such stringent isolation measures on mental health, and the Aberdeen study is one of the first to shed scientific light on the consequences.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune Well, 31 May 2023
  • The project isn’t meant to demonstrate scientific rigor; instead, it’s meant to show that art can affect viewers in meaningful ways.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Featuring robust metal hulls, the subs can be used for either scientific work or joy rides.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Many cooks and chefs will say that baking is not their forté because of its rigid rules, specific formulas, and overall scientific process.
    — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But there’s vigorous debate in the scientific community over just how quickly the AMOC might decline, and how best to even figure that out.
    — WIRED, 26 July 2023
  • Determining the scientific story of those space rocks—where did Bennu come from?
    — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Schumer defended the decision by citing the need to hear from experts in a highly technical and scientific field.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Many people around the world seek the advice of astrologers, whose practice was once considered a scientific discipline.
    — Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
  • While no humans are on board, the craft is carrying 20 scientific instruments, including five from NASA that would help study the behavior of water on the moon.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2024
  • But by referring to it, Kennedy was able to dress up his utterly false claim with a veneer of scientific validity.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The research is undergoing peer review and has not been published in a scientific journal.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The craft carried six NASA payloads and six commercial payloads – scientific instruments or cargo – to the moon.
    — Mackenzie McCarty, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Drawing from both her own scientific research and the Indigenous worldview, Grenz creates a new path forward.
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • But viruses are expected to evolve, and the scientific steps to understanding the threat are becoming routine.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • So even with those TikTok testimonies claiming that rosemary oil helped eyebrow hair and lashes grow, more scientific proof is needed to prove it.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Despite the ocean covering 70% of the planet, only 6% of the ocean floor has been mapped to a resolution that is meaningful for scientific purposes.
    — Priya Shukla, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Yeah, there's quite a few papers that have come out recently, scientific analyses that take AI tools to tease out signals that are too complicated for a human eye to capture in a short amount of time.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 19 June 2023
  • Samples like these go to biobanks for scientific and medical research.
    — Kimberly M. Baker, STAT, 7 June 2023
  • Sign up for the Book World newsletter These scientific efforts are vital but, the authors make clear, so too is getting people to understand and care about what is happening.
    — David Gessner, Washington Post, 31 May 2023

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