sampling

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The group used a technology known as soil vapor sampling, which they say could detect volatile organic compounds 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

Aviva may be the one modern Hebrew name that is ready to break out: it’s easy to pronounce, pretty, peppy, and suitably flexible. databases, here is a sampling of today’s high-end names.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt