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empirical

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Based on observation or experience rather than theory alone.

The team sought empirical evidence by observing how visitors used the room.

Dictionary practice example.

A campus group wanted to change the evening shuttle route. Its empirical evidence came from counts of passengers boarding at each stop during a trial week.

From From Impressions to Evidence.

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