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sample

[sam-puhl, sahm-] / ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- /




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She has now shared the discovery exclusively with the BBC, and a sample of the species has joined the Natural History Museum's official collection.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

If such pockets exist, future spacecraft could potentially detect or sample them more easily than the ocean far below.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Further research also is needed on a bigger sample size to see how the study correlates to a broad population.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Last Saturday, the FDA said a sample of Taylor Farms lettuce had tested positive for cyclospora, appearing to provide the first laboratory link to the company.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

I pick up my sample collection bag, hoping it will also help me look official.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Francis Bunker, a freelance and independent marine biologist, kept finding the tiny seaweed in samples he had collected on that survey.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

After all, he claims to have discovered his girlfriend’s endometriosis through period blood samples.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

The samples also contained gold-to-copper ratios well above those measured in fertile mantle and primitive mid-ocean ridge basalts.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

On Sunday, lines of police officers were combing the ground near the car, a Citroen minivan with a Berlin number plate, in the search for clues and taking samples of material from the ground.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

As if we’ve worked twenty years together on an assembly line, Epsilon-5 and I snip samples, preparing dishes without needing to tell each other what we are doing or what to do next.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

These included relatively polluted clouds, shallow warm clouds, and clouds sampled below their deeper convective regions.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

A Times reporter sampled the beverage and found it overwhelmingly tasted like coconut water, without a hint of any other ingredients.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 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

Anthropic sampled one million conversations of its own Claude chatbot in March and April and found that it displayed sycophantic behavior most often in conversations in which people sought relationship advice.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

“I’ll have you know that Mr. Ice, as he referred to himself, sampled that track from the greatest band in the history of bipedal man.”

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

Extra safety measures have included dust and air sampling that is ongoing at ten campuses in the Boyle Heights area, said Carlos Torres, director of the school district’s Office of Environmental Health and Safety.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Like other Chinese products that were good enough and temptingly cheap, U.S. companies looking to cut costs are sampling their wares or are interested in getting permission to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Children who live near a beauty spot say they are concerned the river through their village is "dying" after conducting water quality sampling.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

The first HBC generation will be available for customer sampling next year, and the second generation will follow in 2028.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

This was a habit of his, perhaps because he worked with fruits and vegetables all day, randomly sampling them for freshness and flavor.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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