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 Because zero-power critical experiments produce negligible heat and only trace amounts of radioactive fission products, the reactor fuel remains largely unchanged and can be reused for additional testing. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026 But YouTube’s own experiments with AI should allay those fears, at least to some extent and for the foreseeable future. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 31 July 2026 Long-term experiments demand resources, which is why the Dodgers’ lab is perfect for the Roki Sasaki project. — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026 This year, campers were able to conduct science experiments with candy and slide down a sugar rush water slide, all while surrounded by lollipops and Candyland decorations. — Madeline Burke, CBS News, 30 July 2026 That’s the idea that an AI system can get good enough at AI research to improve itself, running its own experiments and training its own successors. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 July 2026 Because coding agents let teams ship faster than ever, the volume of new code and simultaneous experiments has exploded. — Jim Douglas, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Together, the experiments suggest the material can acquire new capabilities even after its initial fabrication. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 24 July 2026 This worked much better, producing a structure that agreed with ones determined by experiments with actual nucleic acids and proteins. — ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

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tests

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Like during OpenAI’s tests, normal safety guardrails were removed during Anthropic’s evaluations to assess their models’ full capabilities.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Metzger and his team hold Jean hostage and run tests on her to understand how her psychic powers work.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 July 2026