as in test
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
people who oppose experimentations involving animals for the testing of cosmetics intended for humans
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Recent Examples of experimentation
In contrast, institutionalized Western medicine redefined sassafras through laboratory experimentation, largely detached from these contexts of use.
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Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2026
Additional series—including Putti, Ikebana, Persians, Venetians, Cylinders and Rotolo—demonstrate the artist’s technical experimentation and evolving visual language.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 30 Apr. 2026
This is an invitation to reconnect with yourself through experimentation and joy.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Space is moving away from rare, high-stakes missions and toward a model that supports routine experimentation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
In the first half of the twentieth century, a new spirit of unchecked experimentation swept through the wards of the major asylums of America and Europe as doctors devised increasingly bizarre and sometimes cruel interventions with almost no legal oversight.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Outkast made their eccentricities feel normal, setting the bar for rap-song experimentation in the stratosphere.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Now, as questions around authorship resurface in the age of AI, the label is relaunching with a new slate that blends its collage roots with broader, genre-fluid experimentation.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2026
With a new, major contemporary art museum, Kanal-Pompidou, due to open in November; a coalition regional government that finally formed after 600 days of deadlock; and a competitive 6 percent VAT on art sales that went into effect at the end of 2025, the moment for that experimentation seems ripe.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2026
Additional series—including Putti, Ikebana, Persians, Venetians, Cylinders and Rotolo—demonstrate the artist’s technical experimentation and evolving visual language.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 30 Apr. 2026
This is an invitation to reconnect with yourself through experimentation and joy.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Space is moving away from rare, high-stakes missions and toward a model that supports routine experimentation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
In the first half of the twentieth century, a new spirit of unchecked experimentation swept through the wards of the major asylums of America and Europe as doctors devised increasingly bizarre and sometimes cruel interventions with almost no legal oversight.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Outkast made their eccentricities feel normal, setting the bar for rap-song experimentation in the stratosphere.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Now, as questions around authorship resurface in the age of AI, the label is relaunching with a new slate that blends its collage roots with broader, genre-fluid experimentation.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2026
With a new, major contemporary art museum, Kanal-Pompidou, due to open in November; a coalition regional government that finally formed after 600 days of deadlock; and a competitive 6 percent VAT on art sales that went into effect at the end of 2025, the moment for that experimentation seems ripe.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for experimentation
Noun
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In the second experiment, 22 participants completed a version of the side-stepping test designed to capture the acceleration of different body segments.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
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After a test launch in Jacksonville and Orlando, Winn-Dixie expanded its same-day Amazon delivery partnership to Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport—part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers have surged in recent years.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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They were allowed to spend seven days hypothesizing experiments and then the results were compared to what two human AI safety researchers had been able to do in a similar timeline.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Experimentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experimentation. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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