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[sam-puhl, sahm-] / ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- /




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The state lists a gym card, drug prescription and even a sample ballot as acceptable forms of ID.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Polling in a single constituency is difficult because of the challenge of finding a representative sample in a small area, but Survation are giving it a go.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

In the earlier years of the study period, the hedge funds in their AI sample outperformed non-AI hedge funds by a huge margin — around 6% annually.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

The poll was taken from a sample of 1,005 voters and conducted by the Redbridge Group and Accent Research.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

The first scientists appear, as far as their religious beliefs are concerned, to be a more or less random sample of the intellectuals of seventeenth-century Europe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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