EXPERIMENTING (WITH) Synonyms: 12 Similar Words

experimenting (with)

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present participle of experiment (with)

as in checking (out)

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Hochul has made that argument in defending New York’s law, saying local officers should remain focused on investigating crimes rather than using state and local resources to perform ICE’s work.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Researchers spent months investigating whether the event could have been caused by a conventional background process.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

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