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specimen

[spes-uh-muhn] / ˈspɛs ə mən /


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Githinji Gitahi, chief executive of Amref Health Africa, a Nairobi-based nonprofit, warned that signing away health and specimen data weakens African nations’ negotiating power for access to future vaccines and treatments under WHO benefit-sharing programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Normally to describe a new octopus species, a specimen needs to be cut open so that its mouth, beak, teeth and other parts can be examined.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

However, the researchers faced a major challenge because they had only one confirmed specimen.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Scientists point to one famous specimen nicknamed "The Black Knight" as evidence of this violent behavior.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

“But the T. nutricula specimen he sent me was huge, more than three hundred millimeters.”

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm




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