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
Using not only acoustic drums but tape machines, samplers, found objects, and surfaces lined with odd materials, Williams becomes a mosaicist of sound.
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Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Instead of drawing blood, scientists may use wearable tags, collars or passive samplers placed in an animal’s environment, such as nesting areas or habitats, to understand how chemicals accumulate over time.
—Yaw Edu Essandoh, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
The sampler also comes with prosecco and pinot gris wines.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
These recordings are set to come out in full in September 2026 as part of Coltrane’s Centennial celebrations, but for RSD, they are being previewed via a single-LP sampler.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
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Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Instead of drawing blood, scientists may use wearable tags, collars or passive samplers placed in an animal’s environment, such as nesting areas or habitats, to understand how chemicals accumulate over time.
—Yaw Edu Essandoh, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
The sampler also comes with prosecco and pinot gris wines.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
These recordings are set to come out in full in September 2026 as part of Coltrane’s Centennial celebrations, but for RSD, they are being previewed via a single-LP sampler.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampler
Noun
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The education division of Maker Park Radio, a nonprofit streaming station based in Stapleton, offers courses on vinyl, hip-hop lyric writing, live remixing, and intro to music production and sampling.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2026
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In 2024, a sampling by San Diego County and the CDC representing the roughly 40,000 households close to the Tijuana River found 71% could smell sewage inside their homes and 69% had a member get sick from being exposed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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At the site, the team used a technique known as inelastic neutron scattering, that is defined as an event where neutrons lose or gain energy by transferring energy to form a sample.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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Eleven weeks later, that lab has now transferred an original hair sample to the FBI Laboratory for testing.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Sampler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampler. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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