noun
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the process of selecting a random sample
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a variant of sample
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the process of taking a short extract from (a record) and mixing it into a different backing track
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a process in which a continuous electrical signal is approximately represented by a series of discrete values, usually regularly spaced
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If he can’t resist sampling it, he said, he’ll ask a flight attendant for a second one to take home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
That combination of detailed diet records and daily biological sampling made the project one of the largest and most detailed studies of its kind to date.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
The startup, Pilgrim, has built a 50-pound tripod-mounted hardware device called Argus that is packed with sensors that combines air sampling and genomic sequencing to detect biological threats, like Ebola or anthrax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
I remember back then, older people were saying sampling is not real music, rappers are not musicians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
He was sitting on his haunches and sampling from a crate of figs.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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
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
Arbitrators reinstate about half of the fired officers whose appeals they consider, according to separate reviews of samplings of cases by The Times and a law professor.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2020
I’ve always admired those reporters who can descend on an area, talk to key people, ask key questions, take samplings of opinions, and then set down an orderly report very like a road map.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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