How to Use empirical in a Sentence

empirical

adjective

• They collected plenty of empirical data from their experiments.
• But the empirical research focuses on our beliefs about ourselves and our future.
  — Emily Esfahani Smith, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
• The profession seems to put more emphasis on empirical rigor.
  — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
• Yet empirical evidence of the phenomenon and its effects is scarce.
  — The Economist, 16 Aug. 2019
• Doctors have been cautious about prescribing given a lack of official guidance and a lack of empirical data on long-term effects.
  — Robert Iddiols, CNN, 28 Sep. 2019
• First, there is ample empirical evidence that oil-sector compensation rewards management in the good times but shields them when the cycle turns down.
  — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
• If those universes are utterly unlike our own, our empirical knowledge is not merely limited but deceived.
  — George Musser, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2019
• Abt’s approach is, in the classic American manner, an empirical one, wielding a quick pragmatic broom.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2019
• Yet there is little empirical evidence that immigrants are driving problems like crime or unemployment.
  — Steven Gordon, Quartz Africa, 9 Sep. 2019
• But the trial could also track quality of life as a secondary endpoint, essentially an interesting add-on that doesn't have quite as much empirical heft as the primary goals.
  — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2019
• Irving produced the first empirical study proving the existence of the digital divide and is credited with coining the term, one of the reasons he was selected as an inductee.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 27 Sep. 2019
• There is a blueprint for success, empirical data to guide us, and a light at the end of the tunnel.
  — Michael Dresser, baltimoresun.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• And the empirical basis for it is, in any case, doubtful.
  — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2020
• This element is much less empirical than the first two and refers to where and how the ski makes contact with snow.
  — Elijah Rawls, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022
• But most of the empirical evidence thus far points to the contrary.
  — David Zweig, Wired, 11 May 2020
• And every bit of empirical evidence points to the fact that there are no good cops.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 24 May 2018
• More empirical work is needed to say for certain if a species grieves and mourns.
  — Caitlyn Finton, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
• The Catholic Church must align itself with empirical facts.
  — Brooke Stanton, National Review, 15 June 2021
• The point of the pilots isn’t just the empirical findings, but to make the policy tangible.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 12 June 2023
• These are empirical life preservers that pull us out of the epistemic whirlpool.
  — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• But still, at least from an empirical perspective, the Ravens ought to have a slight boost by resting this week.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
• But that’s the least likely based on the latest empirical data.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 July 2021
• The whole thing about faith is to believe things for which there is no empirical evidence.
  — Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2020
• Some are strictly empirical, like the rate at which stars are born in the Milky Way and the fraction of those stars with habitable planets.
  — Dennis Overbye, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
• The question is, how long can one deny a growing empirical body of facts?
  — National Geographic, 5 Feb. 2017
• But the empirical record showed this to be at best an incomplete account.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022
• In terms of the existing empirical research, the results are very mixed.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 30 Nov. 2021
• Milkman: White men tend to have the best social networks and be the best connected—that is an empirical fact.
  — B.r.j. O'Donnell, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2017
• And then, of course, there is the empirical evidence collected in the past twenty-three years.
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
• Instead, a more holistic approach that considers economic significance, effect size, and empirical impact is needed to ensure that promising innovations are not prematurely discarded.
  — Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024