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 Try a sampler plate with a choice of stews, including cochinita, chamorro (red wine braised beef) and barbacoa. Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Most people don’t think of samplers and MPCs as instruments—in many ways, the music workstations are more akin to computers. Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025 These ventilation systems function like high-volume air samplers, creating negative pressure inside poultry houses that draws in huge quantities of ambient air effectively concentrating whatever particulates may be in that air, in this case infectious virions of H5N1. John Drake, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 The company, a purveyor of gorgeous music-making tools for creative nerds, has dropped a big software update for its sampler that offers owners and new buyers cool new features. Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sampler
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Noun
  • So far, sampling has found nearly 12% of U.S. water utilities are above the Biden administration’s limits.
    Michael Phillis, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
  • Tickets for unlimited sampling cost $55+, or $100+ for VIP (includes early entry at 3 p.m.).
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2025
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  • There were not enough handwriting samples of John and Frank to make a comparison, and the FBI concluded the card was probably a hoax inspired by the intense and worldwide news coverage.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
  • On Friday, May 9, the FDA approved the Teal Wand, an at-home vaginal sample self-collection device created by Teal Health, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to USA TODAY.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 May 2025

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“Sampler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampler. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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