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[sam-puhl, sahm-] / ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- /




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It’s a great way to sample a new show.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Fabric is imported from Thailand and Vietnam before a specialist tailor makes a sample for other employees to follow.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

On Wednesday evening the cyber criminals responsible contacted the BBC sharing a sample of the stolen data which showed the true extent of the hack.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Rather than asking ‘What chemicals are present?,’ we ask ‘Does this smell like a good sample or a bad sample?,’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Hunter handed Washington a sample of his ability to swipe intelligence material—a letter that was supposed to go to the commanding officer of British forces in Canada.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

When the researchers tested their samples, every type of birch tar they produced was able to inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium commonly associated with wound infections.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

University Hospital Southampton, St. James's University Hospital in Leeds and the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester also helped recruit patients and supplied valuable translational samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

The plan includes working with Mexico to expand food safety education and training in that country’s produce industry and expanding lab capacity in Mexico to collect, analyze, and process cyclospora samples.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"No microorganisms linked to the young woman's professional work were found in her biological samples," he said, adding no other staff at the institute had sought medical attention since her death.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Crick holds them up like a curiosity, then sets them on the tray along with our blood samples.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The song gained popularity when it was first released in 2008, but it became known worldwide in 2016 when Canadian rapper Drake sampled it on his chart-topping single One Dance.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The score, while respectable, was still lower than a buffalo chicken Caesar she sampled in Syracuse and a Caesar wrap from Sweetgreen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Perry and her partner, Canada's former prime minister Justin Trudeau, sampled the delights of Mykonos.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

He also wrote Teddy Pendergrass’ “Love T.K.O.,” which was famously sampled in Ahmed Lewis’ 1994 nostalgic hip-hop single, “Back in the Day,” among others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

They had eaten funnel cakes and candy apples and jawbreakers but had not yet sampled the ice cream.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

However, there are limitations to that type of sampling.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

In the past, recruiters often would just look over a sampling of applications rather than the entire group when the volume of applications grew too high, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Satellite observations, gas sampling and field surveys add plenty more information.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

I remember back then, older people were saying sampling is not real music, rappers are not musicians.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

I collect a sampling of the soil and bring it back inside my system’s chemical laboratory.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga




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