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 The agency has fashioned staging areas for heavy equipment by knocking down, uprooting and attempting to transplant select specimens of the monument’s native plants. — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026 Strength coaches, nutritionists and sophisticated training programs have created extraordinary physical specimens. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 Auction houses counter that private investment helps fund the expensive work of excavating, preserving, and studying specimens. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Among them, despite the doctors’ suspicions, 80% did not turn out to have evidence of tumors in their specimens, says Cercek. — Alice Park, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Building on a legacy The mission to the Martian moons builds on Japan’s success in leading the Hayabusa and Hayabusa 2 missions, the world’s first two spacecraft to bring back pristine specimens from asteroids. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026 The species was discovered by re-examining old scorpionfish specimens collected in the 1970s. — Aspen Pflughoeft, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The characters are petrified like specimens, expressing and embodying only what fits into the film’s design, with no potential for inconvenient loose ends for viewers to follow outside the frame’s borders. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2026 Not wanting a didactic feel, Ebenstein eschewed labels for the art, artifacts, masks, toys, skeletal and wet specimens, wax scientific models, devotional objects, vintage taxidermy and books. — Dina Cheney, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026

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Noun

However, the appointment has received flak, as comments James made about the case before she was tapped to lead the investigation have drawn accusations of bias from lawyers of the seven men accused.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2026
Newsom moved to grant clemency to 548 people currently sentenced to death in California, of whom 529 are men and 19 are women, according to numbers provided by his office.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026

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The scenarios in which these tradeoffs may take place are wide-ranging, with the Anthropic researchers citing opening an auto plant, downsizing a company, and manipulating election sentiment as examples.

— Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
Others asked about the lack of Taiwan-specific production examples illustrating copyright disputes and legal responsibilities, given the presentation’s reliance on international cases.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

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Noun

The French Blood Establishment ultimately managed to detect the suspicious activity in time to rescue blood samples.

— Jenna McLaughlin, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
The original ballad samples a Lil Wayne interview from 2009 in a way that is both disjointed and completely enchanting.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of samples

Noun

The two grew closer, with Wong softening behind bars, caring more about others’ personal lives and sending Lee cards on special occasions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
As the stakes rise and the network runs deeper, Joe must forge unlikely alliances, cross sacred lines, and take his war beyond the walls of the church to save the lives no one else can.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of lives

Noun

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

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As the Cowboys try to figure out how to maintain some sort of stability this season with their 4-5 record, there are a mountain of issues to correct, but there are also things to build with and be proud of.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026
Just by chance, a guy who does what he is coached to do, continues to work really, really hard and do the right things, the ball somehow finds him.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026

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