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sampling

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sampling

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 of sampling

cross section, sample, sampler, selection, slice
Words Related to sampling

case, example, exemplar, exemplification, illustration, instance, representative, specimen

archetype, classic, locus classicus, paradigm, prototype

microcosm

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