SPECIMENS Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

specimens

noun

plural of specimen

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a member of the human race he's a particularly handsome specimen

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one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like chose one frog as a good specimen of the breed

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Recent Examples of specimens This exhibit displays body parts and specimens crucial to human development and reproduction. — Emma Hall october 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Hard times for scientific institutions The Academy houses a massive, irreplaceable library of over 19 million specimens. — Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026 The specimens are expected to ultimately be displayed in a museum collection, where they will be preserved and made accessible to the public and to other scientists for further study, the city said. — Tristan Maglunog, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 The technology enables the scanning of objects to create thousands of X-rays, resulting in 3D renderings that can peer inside structures without damaging specimens — such as the inside of a snake’s tail. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 Holotype specimens serve as a main standard-bearer and reference point for the physical characteristics of a species, so that scientists can compare and contrast them to see if a specimen belongs to one species or another. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026 The bug specimens were among 50,000 collected between 1995 and 2004 by researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and Australian collaborators, some of which have taken years to study and describe, according to the release. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and Australian collaborators collected the Swiftiephylus specimens between 1995 and 2004. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026 The pair examined 593 specimens collected throughout Australia between 1995 and 2004 and described 12 new species across five new genera. — Bryan West, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

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And why do men feel more confident in their looks than women?

— TheWeek, TheWeek, 2 Oct. 2026
Attempts by The Associated Press to reach the other men or their representatives have been unsuccessful.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of men

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On a single day late last month, a citizen and a noncitizen—one in Illinois, the other in Texas—became the most recent examples of this new reality.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
In court documents, Fox's legal team noted that Thomson does not have concrete examples of specific claims being made about him.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

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This is a season so overwhelmingly dull that it’s taken three different gay guys to recap it.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

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An April 2025 legionella report obtained by The Sacramento Bee shows the bacteria was found in at least 17 samples, including those taken from the men’s locker room, a women’s bathroom and several janitor closets.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Lead was found in 99%, cadmium in 96% and arsenic in 94% of cat food samples across 62 brands.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of samples

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Sharing stories, experiences, and encouragement creates safe spaces for survivors to begin navigating their own lives.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
The Indian pilot who was stabbed in the cockpit of a Flydubai flight carrying more than 170 people is being hailed as a hero, as officials say his actions saved the lives of those on board.

— Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of lives

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Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

After things go awry in the Congo, the family in The Poisonwood Bible dissolves readily.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
In some ways, things have changed considerably for Reid over the last year after the television adaptation of her 2019 novel, Heated Rivalry, became a cultural phenomena.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

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