experimentalist
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ist ik-ˌsper-ə-ˈmen-tə-ləst 
also -ˌspir-
: one who experiments
specifically : a person conducting scientific experiments
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026 Behold the dreamboat experimentalist. —Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 But some 20 years later, ingenious experimentalists caught unmistakable signs of neutrinos at the Savannah River Site nuclear power plant in South Carolina. —Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026 The Italian experimentalist goes absolutely haywire on a very overwhelming, very fun half-hour of ecstatic avant metal. —Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for experimentalist
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026 Behold the dreamboat experimentalist. —Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 But some 20 years later, ingenious experimentalists caught unmistakable signs of neutrinos at the Savannah River Site nuclear power plant in South Carolina. —Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026 The Italian experimentalist goes absolutely haywire on a very overwhelming, very fun half-hour of ecstatic avant metal. —Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for experimentalist
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experimentalist
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ist -ᵊl-əst
: a person conducting scientific experiments
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