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sample

[sam-puhl, sahm-] / ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- /




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The Department of Insurance announced Monday it filed an administrative action against the state’s largest home insurer after an investigation into 220 sample claims found 398 violations of state law in about half of them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

"It further proves you can get three-dimensional information out of the sample using this technique."

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Unlike da Vinci, who was born in Tuscany, our dinner plan—a cicchetti crawl—was unquestionably Venetian, and a chance to sample the city’s bite-sized answers to Spanish tapas.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

But none of the small sample of people we speak to mentions Mandelson.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Coal pulled up his sleeve and showed them the bandages where Dr. Carroll had taken a sample of his skin and some blood.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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