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sampler

noun

ˈsam-p(ə-)lər

Definition of sampler

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a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole she put together a sampler of works in the police procedural genre

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Recent Examples of sampler Brad Petering enthusiastically pressed away at his Roland sampler, with a green vape in hand and a Sublime shirt. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 Tickets, which cover admission to the races and a track-side viewing area, also include drink samplers. — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026 Lover’s Leap Trail Get a sampler of Custer State Park’s scenic highlights on this 3-mile loop beginning at State Game Lodge. — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026 Writing orchestral music, even faux-orchestral music using samplers and synthesis, is radically different from songwriting. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sampler

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To fix this, researchers used Bayesian hierarchical distance sampling.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
The increasing use of voter-file sampling has also allowed pollsters to better monitor response rates by different groups and to test additional ways to improve accuracy.

— Scott Clement, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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An April report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked nearly 17,000 Shigella samples, which causes Shigellosis, which and can bring on diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps, collected between 2011 and 2023.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
But last year, in a covert, high-altitude operation, a small team of Sherpas successfully retrieved DNA samples from his corpse and gave him back his name.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

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