sampling

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Here’s a sampling of AI-related coverage from MarketWatch’s Technology team:

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

"We loved going to the theme park in Denmark, but we equally loved sampling all the food in Italy," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Berklee College of Music professor Joe Bennett noted that a sampling of AI singers suggests that the words used to "prompt" AI songs were "not particularly detailed."

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Geological Survey geologists first identified rare earth mineralization in the Music Valley area in 1954, with sampling reporting enrichment in dysprosium, terbium, yttrium and ytterbium, Dateline Resources said in a press release.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

We should all remember that our impressions of others are usually filtered in this way, and that our sampling of people and their moods is not random.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos