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
The sampler is a machine of endless possibility, capable of taking any sound and conceiving it anew.
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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
However, the real star of the sampler was the gouda mac and cheese bites.
—Sidney Steele, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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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
However, the real star of the sampler was the gouda mac and cheese bites.
—Sidney Steele, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampler
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Here’s a sampling of the cheapest places to pump in Miami as of Wednesday, June 18, according to a survey from fuel-monitoring company GasBuddy: MORE: Gas prices have plunged 14 cents a gallon in Miami.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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In a separate letter, sent Thursday, state Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Barbara) and three other state legislators urged California environmental regulators to step in and conduct soil sampling if federal disaster agencies continue to resist soil testing protocols.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The researchers analyzed plasma samples from a large Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study to assess risk factors for heart attack, stroke, heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases, according to a press release.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
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However, the findings were based on a small sample of just 13 participants over 11 days, indicating the need for more extensive research.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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“Sampler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampler. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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