sampling
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I remember back then, older people were saying sampling is not real music, rappers are not musicians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"These things can change rapidly, so capturing that baseline data now means we'll have something accurate to compare against in future sampling dates."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Ancient human remains are both scientifically irreplaceable and culturally important, making sampling methods that significantly damage fossils unacceptable in many cases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
She spent two days sampling her way through one of the state’s greatest concentrations of oyster farms, each with its own distinct taste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Fly to Seattle and talk with the Rosen people. Have them supply you a representative sampling of types employing the new Nexus-6 unit.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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This is the first show devoted to this period, and it introduces an early Ray Johnson that is quite different from the one known for his later gritty samplings of popular culture.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
Mr. McLaughlin said good rules of thumb for pollsters are to use voter lists, rather than random samplings of adults.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
A closed beach may reopen when the average bacteria is below 200 CFU/100 mL in three consecutive samplings, and the daily average of the two most recent sampling days was below 200 CFU/100 mL.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
Because satellite measurements are not direct samplings of pollution particles, researchers must use a statistical conversion process that at least one study showed can involve a lot of error.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2022
I’ve always admired those reporters who can descend on an area, talk to key people, ask key questions, take samplings of opinions, and then set down an orderly report very like a road map.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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