sampling
Example Sentences
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The county Department of Public Health is conducting water sampling, and the closure will continue until bacterial levels meet health standards.
From Los Angeles Times
A sampling scheduled for mid-October had to be canceled, so figures dating from August were used instead — concealing any price increases in subsequent months.
From Los Angeles Times
"This technology could eventually enable portable or intraoperative devices that enable clinicians to detect cancers at earlier stages, improve the accuracy of biopsy sampling and monitor disease progression through less invasive testing," said Qiu.
From Science Daily
Air sampling in Sweden began in the 1960s as part of efforts to monitor radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing.
From Science Daily
“So it’s not doing as many as possible, like sampling all the instruments in music.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.