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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

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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

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Noun

Johnston said some of the risks could’ve been avoided if the state committed to proper safeguards, such as post-cleanup sampling, sooner. —

Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026 The device removes the need for manual sampling and slow destructive testing, the researchers said. —

Maureen MacKey , Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026

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China’s Tianwen-2 mission, for example, is expected to attempt a complex asteroid sampling operation using robotic arms designed to anchor onto a rotating space rock. —

Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026 Each of the sampling sites contained, on average, about 75 different species of ectomycorrhizal fungi. —

Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sampling

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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
Eleven weeks later, that lab has now transferred an original hair sample to the FBI Laboratory for testing.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Apr. 2026