- present participle of sample.
sampling
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One of the biggest challenges is sampling bias because animals actively guarding eggs are much easier to notice and photograph than species that provide no parental care.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
One of its founders and trustees, John Hall, said the group had been sampling water in the River Stour for three years and had adapted their process for the children.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
What’d you make of the Notorious B.I.G.’s sampling “Rise” for his “Hypnotize”? How could you not like that record?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The first HBC generation will be available for customer sampling next year, and the second generation will follow in 2028.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
He was sitting on his haunches and sampling from a crate of figs.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
This is the first show devoted to this period, and it introduces an early Ray Johnson that is quite different from the one known for his later gritty samplings of popular culture.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
A closed beach may reopen when the average bacteria is below 200 CFU/100 mL in three consecutive samplings, and the daily average of the two most recent sampling days was below 200 CFU/100 mL.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
Because satellite measurements are not direct samplings of pollution particles, researchers must use a statistical conversion process that at least one study showed can involve a lot of error.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2022
The samplings from each are largely stellar, and the installation is fresh and inventive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2018
Positive results in Martian microbiology were achieved in seven different samplings in two locales on Mars separated by 5,000 kilometers.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
