empiricist

noun

as in observer

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Recent Examples of empiricist Like the work of the empiricist who inspired Lewis’s trip, this contemporary story leads us to a more complex and more honest understanding of the past. — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026 Rinehart is the empiricist of the group. — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 And across them, the detective—once Modernism’s heroic empiricist—a figure of melancholy drift, a leftover from a world that still believed in beginnings and ends. — Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
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  1. observer
  2. empiric
Noun
  • 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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  • 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
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“Empiricist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empiricist. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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