science
noun
a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.
sciences
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pluralof science.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mike Searle, a professor of earth sciences at Oxford University, said that this whole process - from landslide to flood - could have taken hours or even days.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Anderson, a professor of nutritional sciences at U of T's Temerty Faculty of Medicine, says the evidence from human research has not always matched those concerns.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Varda Space Industries, a microgravity-enabled life sciences company that processes materials in orbit and returns them to Earth, also occupies offices there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The federal government’s prospective disinvestment in the sciences has long been the status quo for the humanities, with corporate foundations and private philanthropy providing the main funding sources.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Knowing that he had never been trained as a teacher, the school asked Mendel to sit for the formal examination in the natural sciences for high school teachers.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
