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 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 At that bar’s successor, Attaboy, Queen Mary managing partner Dan Smith sampled a take with Concord grapes. — Amy Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 In one Gaza City neighborhood sampled, 22% of buildings were at risk of imminent collapse. — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 Water ecologists have sampled cooling towers in the affected area. — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampled
tested
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  • The October 19 exercise tested how the vessel handled changing mission requirements and simulated machinery failures without onboard crew intervention.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The pilot study involved 12 drivers who track-tested both rear- and all-wheel-drive versions of the Polestar 4 at a track in Sweden.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Sampled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampled. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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