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
Menu includes blueberry pancakes, biscuits and gravy, chicken and waffles, breakfast sampler and more.
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Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The museum selected 150 items from its archives and suggestions from community members to create a walk-through sampler of Orlando’s past.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
As per usual, Limited Run Games is selling physical editions of Gex Trilogy, like the Classic ($75), which arrives in a retro PS1-esque box with a steel book, poster and soundtrack sampler.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Each section takes on different styles, tones, and aspect ratios, becoming a Whitman’s sampler of Anderson iconography that will delight his most fervent admirers, but likely infuriate those who wrote him off long ago.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025
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Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The museum selected 150 items from its archives and suggestions from community members to create a walk-through sampler of Orlando’s past.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
As per usual, Limited Run Games is selling physical editions of Gex Trilogy, like the Classic ($75), which arrives in a retro PS1-esque box with a steel book, poster and soundtrack sampler.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Each section takes on different styles, tones, and aspect ratios, becoming a Whitman’s sampler of Anderson iconography that will delight his most fervent admirers, but likely infuriate those who wrote him off long ago.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampler
Noun
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These sampling locations implied that the helium-3 came from a deep source.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 Aug. 2025
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The mandatory sampling requirement is removed if no positive samples are found for three consecutive years.—
Brad Dokken,
Twin Cities,
2 Aug. 2025
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Sanders is self-funding the production of her initial samples and prototypes, but hopes to raise at least $2 million and have her 10-piece collection ready for launch in 2026.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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The pocket-sized biosensor quickly and accurately detects breast cancer by measuring biomarkers in saliva samples.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Sampler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampler. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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