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specimens

NOUN

example, sample

Synonyms

STRONGEST

copy exhibit variety

STRONG

case embodiment exemplar exemplification illustration individual instance model part pattern proof representation representative sampling sort species type unit

WEAK

case history cross section

Antonyms

STRONG

whole

Example Sentences

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In the PeerJ study, specimens that did not produce usable DNA were also identified morphologically as the same species.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

By studying three Captorhinus specimens from Richards Spur, researchers were able to piece together how this animal breathed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

Ms. Adelman follows another part of the story: his successors’ greed for fame and money, their jealousy and grievances, until the trail of the specimens seems to grow cold—then picks it up again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

One of the sadnesses of the expedition was that Lewis failed to publish his account, and his descriptions, of more than 200 plant specimens, mysteriously went missing after his death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

She and Dorothea journeyed far upstream to La Providence, the former Labadist outpost where Cornelis van Sommelsdijk had collected the specimens Maria had seen at Waltha Castle.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman