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sample

[sam-puhl, sahm-] / ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- /




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The state even instructs county officials to accept sample ballots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The sample included gorillas, orangutans, macaques, colobus monkeys, fossil apes and more.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

A licenced clinic checked the sample four hours after we received it and said all sperm cells were dead.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

To be sure, this is a sample size of one.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

According to a Bureau of Justice Statistics study, about 30 percent of those released from prison in its sample were rearrested within six months of release.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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