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sample

[sam-puhl, sahm-] / ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- /




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Los Angeles County officials reviewed a sample of 200 of those voter registrations and found that nearly 40% indicated they were born in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The relatively small sample means the findings cannot yet establish how radioactive particles behave throughout the entire contaminated region.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Across the sample, only about 6.7% of the executives who spoke on the calls were promoted to CEO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

In July, the FDA announced that a lettuce sample had tested positive for cyclospora, then corrected the finding as a false positive.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

Rabiya gives me a hug and hands me another sample.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

These miniature models allowed scientists to investigate developmental changes across multiple samples and compare the timing of key processes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

To investigate the connection between diet and aging, the scientists analyzed dietary information and blood samples from roughly 7,500 men and women.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

One man who came into contact with the man who died in Kenya is under quarantine in Somalia and samples have been sent to Kenya for testing.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

In 2022, he founded Haemanthus, a biotech startup developing technology to analyze biological samples using lasers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

On my way back to the cottage, I took samples of leaves from other kinds of trees.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

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

Those profiles varied considerably between animals, while remaining comparatively stable when the same cats were sampled on different dates.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

TikTok food‑and‑drink creator Natalie Ludwig, who has more than 500,000 followers, has sampled Dunkin's cold drinks.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Perry and her partner, Canada's former prime minister Justin Trudeau, sampled the delights of Mykonos.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

They sampled a new, oddly flavored gum called Juicy Fruit, and caramel-coated popcorn called Cracker Jack.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

But he surely understood that this was an incautiously brief period of measurement, for the river’s annual flow was wildly variable, ranging from about 9.1 million to 25 million acre-feet during the 20-year sampling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Smaller bowls encourage sampling; larger ones let guests settle in with their favorites.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

That combination of detailed diet records and daily biological sampling made the project one of the largest and most detailed studies of its kind to date.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

However, there are limitations to that type of sampling.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

It’ll be mostly EVAs, geological sampling, soil tests, and weekly self-administered medical tests.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir


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