How to Use scientific in a Sentence

scientific

adjective
  • This is meant to be a fun contest and not a scientific poll.
    — Simone Jasper april 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This is meant to be a fun contest and not a scientific poll.
    — Simone Jasper updated April 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This contest is meant to be fun rather than a scientific poll.
    — Simone Jasper april 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Please note that this contest is meant to be fun and is not a scientific poll.
    — Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
  • These cities were key centers of scientific thought at the time.
    — Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This contest is meant to be fun, not a scientific poll.
    — Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a huge body of scientific research built around those ideas.
    — Benjamin P. Brown, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Fake fiber isn't a scientific term.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2026
  • For decades, women's health has been a scientific blind spot.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • But all work and no play can make for a dull chief scientific officer.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 2 July 2026
  • But there doesn’t seem to be a lot of scientific evidence to back that up just yet.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Berci has written dozens of books and scientific papers on all of this.
    — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2022
  • And the lessons from Juno go beyond its scientific lessons as well.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In just the past two years, scientific research has saved millions of lives.
    — Saloni Dattani, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2022
  • There’s a scientific reason as well, of course.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The contest was just for fun, and not a scientific survey.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The study has not yet been published in a scientific journal.
    — Alice Park, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Those cells — the first to live outside the body in a glass tube — brought decades of scientific advances.
    — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022
  • One of my reviewers did not think that my work was of scientific value.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In the scientific terms there are two types of these tiny bits of organic matter.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • After the war, the habit spread across other scientific fields.
    — Clarissa Brincat, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That's the scientific name for pigeons, and they're being stolen.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • It is based on a review of the most recent scientific data for each vaccine.
    — Tribune News Service, al, 24 May 2022
  • And whether the scientific community can be ready in less than a decade is an open question.
    — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Houry and Daskalakis said Monarez had tried to make sure scientific safeguards were in place.
    — Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The thing is, the cannabis industry needs more than just scientific backing.
    — Hazey Taughtme, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2022
  • This is not a scientific problem.
    — Nicole Kruegel, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Those have been based on scientific studies showing women can safely use the drug at home.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Feb. 2023
  • More than four scientific studies have pinned a large part of the decline on human climate change.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2023
  • But the scientific picture is clear.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026

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