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Instead of relying on invasive brain biopsies to look for characteristic tissue abnormalities, doctors could use genetic testing from a blood sample to identify the mutations associated with the disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
It’s a great way to sample a new show.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
Adidas said average net wages across a sample of its Cambodian suppliers were 34% above the Anker Research Institute's living-wage benchmark,, external adding staff were "usually paid considerably higher than the local minimum wage".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The company said it reached out to Common Sense Media, asking them to conduct a new round of testing with a larger sample size and fully activated teen accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Auntie Fatima marches around the table clockwise, making a sample bag to show us what we are aiming for: a muddle of cheap, kitschy candy.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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Using US-funded technology through the International Commission on Missing Persons, a pilot programme had reported genetic data was successfully pulled from 54 of 58 samples, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
By connecting the newly analyzed Chang'e-6 samples with the Moon's early thermal history, the findings offer fresh insight into the processes that shaped Earth's closest celestial neighbor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Testing revealed that water samples from her bottle contained levels of the toxic heavy metal cadmium far above the federal limit for drinking water, according to court documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
They can also be difficult to diagnose, due to a lower level of bacteria shown in urine samples.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
He dashed into the greenroom to grab his container of samples.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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The newly recovered cores arrived at NGU in February and are scheduled to be sampled later this year by an international research team representing 18 countries.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
All the caviar we sampled looked pristine, but some roe tasted like a big ol’ gulp of the ocean, including two varieties from Imperia, a limited edition Petrusco offering, and Roe House’s Hackleback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Saint-Maximin also sampled the highs as a resurgent Newcastle qualified for the Champions League in his final campaign on Tyneside in 2023.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Perry and her partner, Canada's former prime minister Justin Trudeau, sampled the delights of Mykonos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Lena sampled the hot chocolate and stirred some more.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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The startup, Pilgrim, has built a 50-pound tripod-mounted hardware device called Argus that is packed with sensors that combines air sampling and genomic sequencing to detect biological threats, like Ebola or anthrax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
I remember back then, older people were saying sampling is not real music, rappers are not musicians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"These things can change rapidly, so capturing that baseline data now means we'll have something accurate to compare against in future sampling dates."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Ancient human remains are both scientifically irreplaceable and culturally important, making sampling methods that significantly damage fossils unacceptable in many cases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
One night we were sampling the herring when I heard Janina say, “Hello.”
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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