EXPERIMENTATION Synonyms: 18 Similar Words

experimentation

noun

Definition of experimentation

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 For the emerging workforce, this shift coincides with the phase where professional identity is formed through experimentation and failure. — Khadim Batti, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 This time around, the tests that also involved Saab UK, makers of the Giraffe 1X radars, and were carried onboard the XV Patrick Blackett, the Royal Navy’s experimentation ship. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026 Because you’re not bound financially to a higher power, and that has its merits for creative experimentation. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026 California’s bid to outlaw ‘glow-in-the-dark rabbits’ and ‘unicorn horses’ through experimentation fails. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 The key to success lies in making sure they are aligned across the business, grounded in what customers actually need, and tied to real value creation, not just experimentation. — Gina Mastantuono, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 Once the arrangement has been set, scientists are freed of many laborious burdens of experimentation. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 While he’s never shied away from narrative experimentation, he’s also never been so hampered by a fundamental misunderstanding of the dramatic contract. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026 Erin’s vegetable experimentation includes tomatoes varieties from the Dwarf Tomato Project. — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026

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There will also be test drives throughout the country and a showroom in Chicago.

— Morgan Korn, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
The positive test was identified through Fulton County's routine mosquito surveillance and testing program.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

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But University of South Dakota researchers in 2023 published the results of an experiment — using blood capsules with an artificial skin — that demonstrated bedbugs could acquire MRSA during one feeding and spread it during a later one.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Positrons themselves are an active subject of fundamental physics research, including experiments that have recently observed wave behavior in positronium.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

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