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sampling

[sam-pling, sahm-] / ˈsæm plɪŋ, ˈsɑm- /


NOUN
cross section
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NOUN
questionnaire
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NOUN
random sample
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Admittedly, these are anecdotes not data: the Big Wasp Survey – the only national wasp monitoring survey – is yet to start sampling this summer.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Furniture, vessels, porcelain, silver and a sampling of household goods populate a display that’s nonhierarchical.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Jive Bunny records typically used synthesisers and sampling to combine contemporary pop music with hits from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

With mortuaries overflowing in Nepal, authorities have had to bury hundreds of unidentified bodies after DNA sampling.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

First we decided we wanted to count ten-centimeter-by-ten-centimeter squares, which was my suggestion after Mr. Terupt talked to us about sampling and how our government gets population numbers.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

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

Here are more samplings of the internet’s initial reactions to the trades:

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2023

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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