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sampling

[sam-pling, sahm-] / ˈsæm plɪŋ, ˈsɑm- /


NOUN
cross section
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NOUN
questionnaire
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NOUN
random sample
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D-Wave Quantum: The company has cornered the market for “annealing quantum,” an approach tailored to optimization tasks like logistics and data sampling.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Three years ago, Nelligan and his colleagues, working from the backyard of a neighbor of Susan Flores, used soil vapor sampling to detect volatile organic compounds they say may be associated with decomposing human remains.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

A sampling of other improvements that readers crave:

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Here’s a sampling of AI-related coverage from MarketWatch’s Technology team:

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Mary watched one day as a zalif examined the hole in her front wheel, touching here and there, lifting her trunk up in the air and back again, as if sampling the scent.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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