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empiric

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Definition of empiric

as in observer

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Recent Examples of empiric By removing emotion from wealth planning and investing, AI helps ensure that decisions are based on data and empirics rather than intuition. — Logan Weaver, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025 Economics is hard, but many of us who are not averse to giving due respect to professionals who have a real understanding of how the world works have shifted our assessment on the empirics of late. — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2010 Atheists are philosophers not scientists and science is not a philosophy or a religion but a method of empiric inquiry based on questioning, imagination and experimentation. — Wired Letters Department, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2006

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Netanyahu and his party, Likud, are not ahead in most mainstream polls, and yet most observers of any credibility agree that damn near anything could happen, especially given Israel’s complicated parliamentary arrangements and wild array of parties.

— David Remnick, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
The full occultation was visible across a swath of North America, Western Africa and the Atlantic Ocean, where the moon passed directly between Jupiter and the observer.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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More than 275 flights were canceled Thursday at King Khalid International Airport, according to flight monitor FlightAware.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
The latest drought monitor has been released, and while drought conditions have improved, DFW still desperately needs the rain.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

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