specimen
Example Sentences
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That patient's specimen was taken on the ship, not in the US, Jackson said noting that there were two specimens collected from that patient, one of which was positive and the other negative.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Back to the garden center we went, bringing a leaf as a specimen.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
The Attenboroughnculus tau is native to the Patagonian lakes of Chile, and a specimen was recently found in the museum's collection, four decades after it was collected.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The specimen was first uncovered by a retired chicken farmer, who had sourced rocks from a nearby quarry to build a garden retaining wall.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
She telephoned her husband and said to him, “Karl, you’d better come quick to the lab. Fred has looked at a specimen, and he’s got worms.”
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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Common Senses: Spec, Spect, Spic ("Look")
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