Example Sentences

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Samples were collected during daytime sleep after night shift work and during the following night shift.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Samples would be taken from bones for DNA analysis in the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Samples were collected near the Santa Maria da Serra dam, close to the Barra Bonita reservoir, where contaminants from across the river basin tend to gather.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Samples collected from patients are being analysed in the laboratory, which could give a better picture about the strain and why the infection has been more invasive.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Samples of work, it said, should represent both the academic and commercial fields of art, and were to be submitted to Monsieur I. Yoshoto, directeur, formerly of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, Tokyo.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger