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 In a press briefing Monday, FDA officials explained that the test result was from lettuce sampled at the border that was not included in Taylor Farms’ recall. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026 On May 28, Johnson received results finding that the DNA profile sampled from one of Brown’s soda bottles could not be excluded as the contributor of the male blood from the victim’s nightgown, the detective wrote. Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026 Now, in a new study published in the European Heart Journal designed to shed light on the relationship between plastic pollution and the heart, researchers sampled the blood flowing around 61 people’s hearts. Veronique Greenwood, Time, 16 July 2026 Between rough-cut fringe, mermaid wave extensions, a bouffant side part and a slicked ponytail, Madix and Bembridge fearlessly sampled every style and silhouette in the big book of hair this season. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 July 2026 The molecules sampled from these two points are then delivered separately to the vomeronasal organ on the corresponding side of the snake’s mouth, providing distinct chemical information about its environment. Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026 Editors sampled the lemonades 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, 3 July 2026 Hayden, 53, of Oak Park Heights, started making pies — using her mother’s cold-water pie crust recipe — in massive quantities at Fresh Fields bakery in Stillwater for Thanksgiving 2011; the owner, Dave Michaud, was a friend who had sampled her pie. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026 What’s even more striking is the fact that the Puerto Rican scalloped hammerheads were not only differentiated from the Northwest Atlantic population, but also showed genetic separation from populations sampled in Belize and Brazil! Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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tested
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  • Before that, Stewart tested out a pink dip-dye and returned to chestnut brown after a period of time as a bleach blonde.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 July 2026
  • Under cross-examination, Wallace said investigators did not swab or collect two chainsaws found in Burke’s garage because both tested negative for possible traces of blood.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026

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