sampled

past tense of sample
as in tested
to put (something) to a test sampled the soup to see if it tasted good

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Recent Examples of sampled Since landing on Mars back in 2021, Perseverance has observed, sampled and studied a wide variety of rocks, boulder fields, Martian slopes and more. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026 No other non-English content draws more viewing on Netflix than K-content, and over four in five of its subscribers worldwide have sampled at least one Korean title. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026 This statement also permeates the work of rapper Alkoy, who on Valle Chakal Ki sampled idiosyncratic records from Salta, foregrounding the handmade drums and dramatic guitars that boom in every plaza. — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026 The filing also said around 70% of the people sampled had no voting history. — Miles Parks, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026 And instead of swapping its wines four times a year, the airliner will only switch things up every six months, with some 13 wines to be served out of 1,600 sampled. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026 Colombia is home to more than 400 native fruit species thanks to its varied elevations and microclimates, and many of them can be sampled beneath the market’s sprawling roof. — Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Editors sampled the spreads side by side, scoring them on taste, texture, and overall experience using a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest. — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2026 Over its decades-long tenure, The Roots has both sampled the greats and been sampled themselves by artists like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Wale, Logic and more. — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampled
tested
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  • Emer’s research team studied more than 89,000 people in Milwaukee who were tested for lead exposure by age 6.
    — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Even so, the number of arrangements to be tested was enormous—beyond human capabilities alone.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Sampled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampled. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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