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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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That patient's specimen was taken on the ship, not in the US, Jackson said noting that there were two specimens collected from that patient, one of which was positive and the other negative.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

He teaches her the ways of his newfangled art form, and she is soon bringing all manner of specimens into the studio, capturing them in carefully composed portraits.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Sequencing of mitochondrial genomes from both specimens showed they were nearly identical to a known reference genome for this species.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

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

Over the next few years, he tinkered and fussed obsessively with his ideas—arranging and rearranging “ugly facts” like his fossil specimens, but he never got around to publishing the theory.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee