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
Sellers on marketplaces like Amazon and Etsy even created bathwater-scented candles inspired by the movie, which Elordi sampled during a January 2024 appearance on The Tonight Show.
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
He’s previously worked with them on sketches and sampled their work on his album More Life.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
The new advisory follows recent testing in eastern Kennebec and western Waldo counties, which showed that deer and turkey sampled from areas near contaminated soil had PFAS concentrations in muscle tissue high enough to warrant a public health warning.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
And, of course, before an organism’s genome can be sequenced, its tissues must be sampled.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
In the 1980s, hip-hop artists sampled funk, soul and rock songs to create new tracks.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2025
Editors sampled the chickens 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, 29 Oct. 2025
The rousing instrumental, composed by new-age musician and longtime Entertainment Tonight co-host John Tesh, has long been beloved by basketball fans of all stripes — and was even sampled in the ‘00s on songs by star rappers Nelly and Joe Budden.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Among the meat sampled, contamination rates were highest in chicken and turkey products.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
He’s previously worked with them on sketches and sampled their work on his album More Life.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
The new advisory follows recent testing in eastern Kennebec and western Waldo counties, which showed that deer and turkey sampled from areas near contaminated soil had PFAS concentrations in muscle tissue high enough to warrant a public health warning.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
And, of course, before an organism’s genome can be sequenced, its tissues must be sampled.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
In the 1980s, hip-hop artists sampled funk, soul and rock songs to create new tracks.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2025
Editors sampled the chickens 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, 29 Oct. 2025
The rousing instrumental, composed by new-age musician and longtime Entertainment Tonight co-host John Tesh, has long been beloved by basketball fans of all stripes — and was even sampled in the ‘00s on songs by star rappers Nelly and Joe Budden.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Among the meat sampled, contamination rates were highest in chicken and turkey products.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampled
tested
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Strength, endurance, agility and mental toughness are tested in constantly changing combinations designed to reward the most well-rounded performers.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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For SquidKid, the team tested the bacterial cultures extensively and conducted informal interviews with 10-year-olds to understand perceptions of bacteria and care, according to Zolotovsky, though it hasn’t yet been released to classrooms or the public.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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