as in sampling
a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole
she put together a sampler of works in the police procedural genre
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Recent Examples of sampler
Equipped with cameras, sensors and samplers, Dragonfly will assess Titan's habitability, looking out for prebiotic chemistry as well as potential signs of life.
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The sampler is a machine of endless possibility, capable of taking any sound and conceiving it anew.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
For this list, Vulture presents you with a sampler platter of vampire movies, with flavors from every decade over the past 50 years.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025
The mood sampler pack includes recipes like magnesium L‑threonate for brain health, L-theanine for tension relief and ginseng for better focus.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The sampler is a machine of endless possibility, capable of taking any sound and conceiving it anew.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
For this list, Vulture presents you with a sampler platter of vampire movies, with flavors from every decade over the past 50 years.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025
The mood sampler pack includes recipes like magnesium L‑threonate for brain health, L-theanine for tension relief and ginseng for better focus.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampler
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Delray Beach was also seeking compensation for the costs and expenses related to the past, present and future investigation, sampling, testing and assessment of the extent of PFAS contamination along with PFAS removal.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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This drone, outfitted with an arm, is to be deployed for rock sampling at locations greater than 300 feet (over 100 meters) from the lander.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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Its assignment is to handle both a Mars Sample Return mission to return core samples of Mars to Earth, as well as future human Mars missions.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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After it is analyzed for isotopes, the blood sample will give her an even more recent snapshot of what the bird has been eating.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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“Sampler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampler. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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