experimentation
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experimentations
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Origin of experimentation
First recorded in 1665–75; experiment + -ation
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The two designers said that the Emporio Armani brand was about "freedom, experimentation and energy".
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
There was no fixed center — the museums, galleries and studios were scattered all over town — which resulted in more play and experimentation, less uniformity, they said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Humanity has conducted thousands of years of culinary experimentation and repeatedly concluded that it would be helpful if the bread simply came attached to the sausage.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
It isn’t all that unusual for players to fiddle with their mechanics over the course of a summer, with more drastic overhauls left to offseason experimentation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
According to his long-time colleague James Chadwick, discoverer of the neutron, he wasn’t even particularly clever at experimentation.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
There is harmony in the exhibition, allowing for experimentations on what a photography show might be when nuance is embraced.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
"Legal language is not the right place for minoritarian innovative experimentations," the Accademia said in a six-page opinion that Reuters reviewed on Monday, after the Corriere della Sera newspaper first reported on it.
From Reuters ● Mar. 20, 2023
People see the demonstrations, but they don't see the trainings, the collaboration, the artwork, the learning, and relationships and experimentations that happens.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2022
“No one talks about these women and their sacrifices and the experimentations that they suffered,” Browder said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
All of this Mia knew already, from Mr. Wilkinson’s tutelage and her own experimentations over the years.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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