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sample

[sam-puhl, sahm-] / ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- /




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So I got a small grant, bought a swab kit and spent a semester knocking on doors to ask classmates if I could sample the bacteria on their faces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The breakthrough only came 12 years later, when Appeal was able to instruct scientists to take the sample and look again.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

But history shows this sample offers an accurate read on the entire earnings season — and the economy as a whole, according to Nick Raich, CEO at The Earnings Scout, which tracks corporate earnings trends.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Further, phthalate exposure was measured in the pregnant women from just one urine sample in the first trimester, “which may have introduced exposure misclassification,” the paper notes.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

The only foolproof way to secure Bobby’s DNA was to take a sample from Bobby’s body.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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