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 will need to have access to a Costco membership, be 18 years or older, and live near a Costco location.
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Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
Daft Punk built its towering reputation as shrewd samplers before famously discarding that approach in favor of human players on Random Access Memories.
—Elias Leight, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2025
For the type of person who will spend $50 on a sampler of Portuguese sardines despite having never previously touched the domestic cans, the next logical step may be to fill the freezer with $10 pints of craft ice cream or $22 sourdough pizza.
—Meghan McCarron, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
Her Pizza Starter Kit from Pizza Girl comes with an adorable countertop pizza oven (with adjustable heat settings); a three-pack organic sauce sampler; cutting board; apron; pizza cutter; and semi-circle pizza paddles–everything needed to make a delicious pizza dinner for the family.
—Rona Berg, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
Daft Punk built its towering reputation as shrewd samplers before famously discarding that approach in favor of human players on Random Access Memories.
—Elias Leight, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2025
For the type of person who will spend $50 on a sampler of Portuguese sardines despite having never previously touched the domestic cans, the next logical step may be to fill the freezer with $10 pints of craft ice cream or $22 sourdough pizza.
—Meghan McCarron, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
Her Pizza Starter Kit from Pizza Girl comes with an adorable countertop pizza oven (with adjustable heat settings); a three-pack organic sauce sampler; cutting board; apron; pizza cutter; and semi-circle pizza paddles–everything needed to make a delicious pizza dinner for the family.
—Rona Berg, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampler
Noun
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Air sampling at each location will be performed over an 11-day period.—
Ron Wood,
Arkansas Online,
22 Apr. 2025
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Authorities announced her identification in 2023, after using new DNA sampling.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
10 Apr. 2025
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The victim experienced a miscarriage approximately six months into the pregnancy, at which point detectives obtained a sample of the fetal tissue.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Detectives were able to obtain a sample of the fetal tissue, which was transported to the state forensic laboratory.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Sampler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampler. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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