as in sample
a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole
a sampling of shoppers said they preferred fresh orange juice over frozen
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as in testing
to put (something) to a test
sampled the soup to see if it tasted good
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Recent Examples of sampling
Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2025
There will be hands-on training to conduct water quality testing and macro-invertebrate sampling.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Meg has posted several teasers of the track earlier in October before slapping an official release date on the Total-sampling single.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
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Noun
On Monday, the restaurant treated Chiefs fans to their own sampling of the fare.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2025
There will be hands-on training to conduct water quality testing and macro-invertebrate sampling.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
The deep floor of the LUNA testbed allows for sampling and drilling up to nine feet (three meters) below the surface, enabling scientists and engineers to test technologies for resource extraction, mobility and construction.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Meg has posted several teasers of the track earlier in October before slapping an official release date on the Total-sampling single.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
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In May, more than a decade after the fingerprint match, investigators again looked at Wayne’s clothes for a DNA sample, and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation found and tested DNA on Wayne’s jeans that had a high likelihood of belonging to Saathoff.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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To understand what makes the mRNA shots special, the researchers examined blood and tissue samples and found that the COVID shots appeared to activate the innate immune system — a fundamental, early-warning defense mechanism that alerts other parts of the immune system to prepare for an attack.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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In previous studies, botanists have cut the saguaros into segments to better understand their inner architecture, testing a cactus’s flexibility by adding weights to the different sections of the column.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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However, at least one NBA contender is reportedly interested in acquiring Morant, or at least testing the trade market.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Sampling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampling. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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