- present participle of sample.
sampling
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Researchers must also navigate rapidly changing ethical standards surrounding destructive sampling of human remains.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
The consultant finished with a sampling of tiny desserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
What’d you make of the Notorious B.I.G.’s sampling “Rise” for his “Hypnotize”? How could you not like that record?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The first HBC generation will be available for customer sampling next year, and the second generation will follow in 2028.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
But those kids we see on camera waiting for the reaping each year, they can’t be but a sampling of the ones who actually live here.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
This is the first show devoted to this period, and it introduces an early Ray Johnson that is quite different from the one known for his later gritty samplings of popular culture.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
Here are more samplings of the internet’s initial reactions to the trades:
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2023
Mr. McLaughlin said good rules of thumb for pollsters are to use voter lists, rather than random samplings of adults.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
Because satellite measurements are not direct samplings of pollution particles, researchers must use a statistical conversion process that at least one study showed can involve a lot of error.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2022
Positive results in Martian microbiology were achieved in seven different samplings in two locales on Mars separated by 5,000 kilometers.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
