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
On June 11, Cincinnati Parks staff roped off the area the researchers sampled.
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Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
In the Pacific Palisades home, the navy and gray throw pillows Zhu sampled had particularly high levels of toluene, which can be produced during combustion.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars last year may have potentially been made by ancient life, NASA announced Wednesday.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
As explained in the behind-the-scenes dive, the BAFTA Award-winning composer imagined the sound in images, sampled MRI sounds, and composed the actual score for a trap beat.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Science missions have only sampled grams of material, notes Dreyer.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Comparison with samples from the asteroid Ryugu, which was sampled by Japan's Hayabusa2 mission, suggest that impacts may play a larger role in reshaping asteroid surfaces than previously thought, scientists say.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Our friend, the great New York musician Mikey Buishas, sampled things, making a loop with ten feet of tape around a mic stand.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
Editors sampled each of the six potato salads without knowing which was which.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
In the Pacific Palisades home, the navy and gray throw pillows Zhu sampled had particularly high levels of toluene, which can be produced during combustion.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars last year may have potentially been made by ancient life, NASA announced Wednesday.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
As explained in the behind-the-scenes dive, the BAFTA Award-winning composer imagined the sound in images, sampled MRI sounds, and composed the actual score for a trap beat.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Science missions have only sampled grams of material, notes Dreyer.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Comparison with samples from the asteroid Ryugu, which was sampled by Japan's Hayabusa2 mission, suggest that impacts may play a larger role in reshaping asteroid surfaces than previously thought, scientists say.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Our friend, the great New York musician Mikey Buishas, sampled things, making a loop with ten feet of tape around a mic stand.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
Editors sampled each of the six potato salads without knowing which was which.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampled
tested
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The farmer's innovation exemplifies prosocial AI; systems that are tailored, trained, tested and targeted to bring out the best in and for people and planet; technology that is designed to strengthen rather than extract from social fabric.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Reigle and her team tested about a dozen formulations and viscosities, playing detective to figure out where a whole host of issues was coming from.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Sampled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampled. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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