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samples

  • plural
    of sample.
    sample
    noun
    a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
  • present tense form
    of sample (3rd person singular).
    sample
    noun
    a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.

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But since the results differed by ethnicity, further research is needed in larger samples to replicate the differences, she said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

County’s positive mosquito samples were 10 times higher this year than last and nationally, human cases were at a 20-year high for that point in the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Japan also has experience in bringing back samples from space, including JAXA's unmanned Hayabusa-2 which returned 5.4 grams of rock and dust collected from an asteroid several hundred million kilometres from Earth in 2020.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

There are fewer data points, including case records, tissue samples and images, for rare diseases than more common conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

This doctor and that doctor took blood samples, put me through X-ray machines and even an MRI scan.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda