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sample

[sam-puhl, sahm-] / ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- /




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The sample had remained frozen since it was collected.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

To identify possible environmental sources, the scientists examined a soil sample taken from the discovery site during Ötzi's recovery in 1991.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

In the sample before Molano, there’s only one cyclospora “oocyst” on the slide.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The figures are based on a representative sample of 550 forecourts, comparing the five months prior to the outbreak with the five months after it started, and extrapolated to the UK's 8,359 forecourts.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

"But first could I trouble you for a stool sample?"

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The newly identified yeasts came from skin samples, meltwater inside the mummy, and stomach content samples.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Miranda Keith, a supervisor in Quest’s microbiology laboratory in Lenexa, Kansas, took a break from her supervisory duties last week to work 10-hour shifts examining stool samples at the company’s St. Louis lab.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The chief vet of Kenya's Wildlife Service, Dr Isaac Lekolool, told us that they had found traces of cyanide in samples taken from the elephants' stomachs.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

I imagined that my efforts would sound like Kraftwerk or Can, but because I used tropical samples to begin with, everything I did ended up sounding like música tropical.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

“He took a bunch of samples from me, including blood and some skin.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The observations do not prove that aerosols caused the sampled clouds to become stronger.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

McFadden directly sampled the “Megamix” electro beat on “Storm,” from “The Audience’s Listening,” prefacing the drop with alien sonics before Edan and Mr. Lif deliver their rap verses.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

When the war was won, the great boom in Coca-Cola’s international expansion began, fueled by a desire for the soft drink by people who had sampled it in far-flung places near the war-zone plants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Their comback album, Arirang, is a celebration of their roots - named after a traditional Korean folk song, which is sampled in the opening track Body to Body.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

They sampled it, and it did, but only for a few seconds.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Researchers used multiple sampling techniques to determine which microorganisms lived inside Ötzi during his lifetime and which arrived after his death.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

The tests are carried out by sampling teams, which operate separately from teams that run the works.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Below, a sampling of what people ages 10 to 47 keep in theirs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

What’d you make of the Notorious B.I.G.’s sampling “Rise” for his “Hypnotize”? How could you not like that record?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Nothing that doesn’t look like a random sampling from the Housewares Department of the Eaton’s Catalogue.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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