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[sam-puhl, sahm-] / ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- /




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Visitors can also sample Somali food, including camel meat, samosas and traditional tea.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

To get an official referral for the clinical vaccine trial, Teddy's family had to send a urine sample, get a bone marrow aspirate, and for his scans to declare "no active disease".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

One-hundred years of monthly returns, adjusted for inflation, seems a pretty good sample, especially in an era when venture capitalists and Wall Street frequently refer to 10 or 20 years as “long term.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The survey released Wednesday was conducted online in English and Spanish with a sample of 2,197 likely city voters between Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

A lab station and cubbies with open sample bags run down the center of the shuttle.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

"We have already begun sequencing some of the plant samples," says Gino Caspari.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Many of these samples were deeper underground and in harder to reach parts of the property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

“I was so overwhelmed,” said Hirsch, who handed out samples to filmgoers after the movie ended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

By studying purines and pyrimidines in Ryugu samples, scientists can reconstruct the chemical history of primitive asteroids.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

He’d scoop up ash from the crater and gather samples of the gas seeping out.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

They scored a major underground hit with “Clear,” famously sampled by Missy Elliott and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

How might a relatively small concern like the Avalanches continue to make records composed of sampled material in this climate?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

While this is Wakefield's first final and the same for many of their players, like coach Powell a select few have sampled the unique atmosphere of Old Trafford for Super League's showpiece event.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Additional, temporary seismometers and GPS units are deployed to provide more precise data, and gas and water are sampled more frequently.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

I did not mind being last, for I had prepared much of the food and sampled it whenever Sass’s back was turned.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

Individual polls do have a built-in margin of error – a statistical level of uncertainty based on the sampling size compared to the population as a whole.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Because rain is expected this weekend, water sampling will begin Monday and continue as needed until results comply with state recreational water quality standards, the city said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

By analyzing connections at multiple scales rather than relying on a single sampling layer, the algorithm can account for shorter routes that previous approaches might overlook.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The sampling of Vera Rubin is just going incredibly well,” Huang said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

He listened to my heart and lungs, his bald head dipping on the long neck like that of a brontosaurus, sampling leaves.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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