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empiricist

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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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Sullivan spoke with attorneys at sidebar about the request, but the discussion was inaudible to observers in the courtroom at Plymouth Superior Court.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
To the outside observer, the hearing for the soft-spoken man with the graying mustache may have seemed like any other, save for the FBI agents from the public corruption squad sitting in the back.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 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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