Thesaurus results for EXPERIMENTS

experiments

noun

plural of experiment

as in tests

a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment in which he flew a kite in a thunderstorm to see if lightning and electricity were identical

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Recent Examples of experiments In this cargo will be science experiments and new technologies that will be tested on the moon's surface, including Astrolab's FLIP rover, which will explore the lunar surface with a history-making supercomputer onboard. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Think super-powerful magnets in medical imaging and particle physics experiments; faster circuits that won’t overheat; potential for nuclear fusion plasma confinement. — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026 Imagine walking into a lab where robots are conducting careful experiments. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Vaquera has expanded from blog-era experiments into a Paris Fashion Week fixture with help from Dover Street Market’s brand development arm. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 The movie details Dickens’ conversations with scientists and researchers to better understand this phenomenon, with the film also featuring scientific experiments and unexpected demonstrations. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 But the requirements for securing them vary depending upon where they are installed, a system that Sutley’s experiments are now putting to the test. — Daniel Wolfe, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 King Princess, ushered in a new era for her experiments in sonically fluid sapphic pop. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 Children choose their own data, probing the world with little experiments rather than passively absorbing it and learn continuously. — Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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tests

Noun

For all its tests, the company builds realistic simulated environments, red teams these environments itself and with third parties to see whether they can be escaped, and monitors what agents do.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Now, students qualify for a lottery according to their performance on standardized tests.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026