- present participle of sample.
sampling
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An aggressive squid is so angry to be eaten that it made me regret sampling live sashimi in Koreatown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The technical team then come along and cut off the sampling devices, ready to send to Bangor University.
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
At the sampling trap in the estuary of the Miramichi the count of grilse was only a fourth as large in 1959 as the year before.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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
Here are more samplings of the internet’s initial reactions to the trades:
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2023
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
Arbitrators reinstate about half of the fired officers whose appeals they consider, according to separate reviews of samplings of cases by The Times and a law professor.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2020
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
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