Definition of "heuristics" []

• The study of heuristic methods and principles. (noun)

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• "None of these heuristics is perfect, but they're all better than nothing."
• "So they use certain heuristics and trust certain sources to indicate what they should think about a complex bill."
• "I liked the suggestion above of strategy dealing with long-term heuristics and tactics dealing with the local level where those heuristics break down."