specimen
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Sarabia saw it as a “simple missed opportunity,” a place for specimen plants to draw museum visitors outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The specimen is the first to come to market since the existence of the genus was confirmed by US researchers last October, Sotheby's said.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
And both stars see the humor in this supposed specimen of a perfect man being born from Peter Dinklage’s queer basket weaver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Despite its unusual appearance, the specimen remained unstudied in a museum collection drawer for many years.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
I’d spent my life imagining all the ways she’d loved me, what a perfect specimen of a mother she was.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
By testing specimens collected at different times, researchers could investigate when the pathogen arrived and how rapidly it spread.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History houses specimens collected by William Ronald Heyer, a former curator of amphibians and reptiles.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The whole genus is known from just seven specimens gathered over about 65 years, scattered across more than 2,500 kilometers of coastline, and nothing has been collected in nearly two decades.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
But Jenkins told the Today programme on Tuesday there were two sides to the debate, and that a lot of time, effort and money went into excavating the specimens.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Jeffrey kept squeezing my hand really hard for a few minutes, until the blood specimens had all been taken and an IV line was hooked up to his port.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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