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noun

ˈsam-pliŋ

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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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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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More suspicious findings can lead to short-interval CT, PET/CT, tissue sampling or specialist referral. — Oran Muduroglu, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Silicon sampling, which has gained prominence in recent months, is much faster and far cheaper to complete than conventional polling. — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

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Silicon sampling troubles some polling traditionalists who are uneasy about ethical and other implications of simulating human responses. — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 Increasingly, though, designers are reconsidering the wisdom of presenting a completely new offering each season, considering the sustainability implications involved and the costs of sampling. — Emily Chan, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sampling

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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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That would mean testing models at different checkpoints during training rather than testing a close-to-final version.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026
The contacts will remain in isolation for 21 days and will be released after testing negative for the virus, the ministry’s director, Patrick Amoth, said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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