sampling

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The study, funded by the Morris Animal Foundation, involved sampling more than 500 snakes from two wildlife refuges in South Carolina and Florida, covering 29 species.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

He does not rely on anecdote alone but instead builds patterns from a wide sampling of Fourth of July orations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Andrew Whelton, a Purdue University researcher who has studied environmental risk following disaster, said the EPA sampling — which tested only one mixed sample — would probably mask heavily polluted areas of the home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Baby sloths learn which leaves are safe to eat by sampling food directly from her mouth from about the age of two months.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

When he recovered, however, he went on sampling Haiti—attending Voodoo ceremonies, volunteering to assist doctors at Hopital St. Croix in the town of Leogane, and conversing in Creole with peasant farmers.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French