sampling
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Three years ago, a group of scientists working from Susan Flores’ neighbors’ backyard using soil vapor sampling detected the presence of volatile organic compounds that they say may be associated with decomposing human remains.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
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
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
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
