as in samples
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 samplers
Some chemicals are more difficult to capture than others, and environmental conditions such as temperature, sunlight or airflow can influence how efficiently samplers absorb pollutants.
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Yaw Edu Essandoh, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
Present on each album since 2005’s Feels, he has often been credited with samplers and electronics and has always avoided the spotlight; his habit of wearing a headlamp during concerts perfectly epitomizes his studious, workmanlike role in the band.
—Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 30 Jan. 2026
During the Eighties, Dunbar started incorporating electronic drums and samplers into his work.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
From viral gourmet jams to wine flights and cheese samplers, these calendars turn December into a daily tasting event.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Civilian and military applications The aircraft is designed for modular payloads, including sensors, supply pods, emergency equipment, and atmospheric samplers.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Yaw Edu Essandoh, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
Present on each album since 2005’s Feels, he has often been credited with samplers and electronics and has always avoided the spotlight; his habit of wearing a headlamp during concerts perfectly epitomizes his studious, workmanlike role in the band.
—Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 30 Jan. 2026
During the Eighties, Dunbar started incorporating electronic drums and samplers into his work.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
From viral gourmet jams to wine flights and cheese samplers, these calendars turn December into a daily tasting event.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Civilian and military applications The aircraft is designed for modular payloads, including sensors, supply pods, emergency equipment, and atmospheric samplers.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for samplers
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The results were compared to findings reached when researchers studied samples returned from the asteroid Bennu, and to investigations of the Murchison and Orgueil meteorites, collected from Australia in 1969, and France in 1864, respectively.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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Oysterville Sea Farms is the place to see the best oyster beds and watch the boats come in and out and Goose Point Family Farm and Oystery offers samplings and oysters for purchase.—
Noreen Kompanik,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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The activation extends throughout Grand Central with its Grand Brasserie and Campbell restaurants offering samplings and bottle engravings with purchase at Central Cellars.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Samplers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/samplers. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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