sampling

Example Sentences

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The inspector-general’s office told MarketWatch that those estimates were based on sampling payments made to beneficiaries in the past two years, though the figures are thought to represent total cumulative underpayments to the beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

A sampling of other improvements that readers crave:

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Because Curiosity only carries about two cups of TMAH, researchers had to carefully plan the experiment and select the best possible sampling site.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

In some restaurants, children are eating tasting menus, sampling raw fish, developing preferences that would have once been considered decidedly adult.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

They’d visited the various soup kitchens, sampling the cuisines, and had their favorites.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls