Synonyms of sampling

sampling 1 of 2

noun

ˈsam-pliŋ 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sample
• selection
• sampler
• cross section
• slice
• example
• specimen
• instance
• representative
• illustration
• prototype
• paradigm
• case
• exemplification
• classic
• exemplar
• microcosm
• locus classicus
• archetype

sampling

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verb

present participle of sample

as in testing

to put (something) to a test

sampled the soup to see if it tasted good

Synonyms & Similar Words

• testing
• examining
• trying (out)
• exploring
• investigating
• studying
• researching
• checking (out)
• experimenting (with)
• feeling (out)
• resampling
• retesting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sampling

Noun

Recent sampling of mosquitoes has not been finding the virus, a sign that the likelihood of new infections is waning, Pecora said. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

The experiments also tested the Hugging Face implementation of SynthID-Text tournament sampling and not the specific implementation Claude models will use. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026

Verb

Biologists sampling the Butte Sink and Sutter Bypass have caught juveniles of all four Central Valley runs — spring, fall, late-fall and winter — in a single season. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Steinhardt, though, is not convinced that sampling random AI interactions for human evaluation is a sufficient approach. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026