specimen
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He studied sweat ducts—healthy ones and his own—and discovered that in a CF specimen the sodium and the chloride that make up salt were not re-integrating after being processed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The specimen therefore captures more than just feather evolution.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Having access to a preserved specimen had also meant an opportunity to examine authentic animal hair in a controlled and ethical way, he said, without needing to disturb a live animal.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Testing protocols depend on the circumstances surrounding each wildlife specimen and the potential for human exposure.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
It became his earnest wish to be declared the type specimen for Homo sapiens–that is, that his bones would be the official set for the human race.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Museum paleontologists excavated some 70% of Thomas’s fossilized skeleton in the early 2000s, making it one of the most complete T. rex specimens ever found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
"The sheer volume of specimens we have coming in is our problem," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Thompson told The Times then that it was one of only three known specimens found in the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The mystery was resolved by studying specimens collected in Ecuador during the 19th century and preserved at the Natural History Museum in London.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Time and time again Europeans described the People of the First Light as strikingly healthy specimens.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Common Senses: Spec, Spect, Spic ("Look")
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