as in tested
to put (something) to a test
sampled the soup to see if it tasted good
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Recent Examples of sampled
Vance clinched roughly 53 percent of the vote, sampled from over 1,600 attendees at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), in Texas, according to a poll reported by the Reuters news agency.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Its impact was especially felt in the burgeoning hip-hop scene; in the decades after the poem’s recording, dozens of rappers, including Queen Latifah, Common, Pharrell Williams, and Kendrick Lamar, either quoted its lyrics or sampled its music in their songs and performances.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Mar. 2026
Without sales or loyalty discounts, the best prices at Vons for the 16 items sampled tended to be in its Signature Select and Lucerne dairy products, both house brands.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons stayed close to Alicia Silverstone, while Kerry Condon sampled the prime rib.
—Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons stayed close to Alicia Silverstone, while Kerry Condon sampled the prime rib.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
Editors sampled the bread quarters side by side, scoring them on taste, texture, and overall experience using a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
The team found a major levoglucosan peak centered around 1128 CE, coinciding with a similar peak recorded from the Schwarzboden mire peat core, another important reservoir of atmospheric history sampled about 12 miles southeast of Weißseespitze.
—Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2026
More than 80% of the cherries, strawberries and grapes sampled carried PFAS residue.
—Susanne Rust
follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Its impact was especially felt in the burgeoning hip-hop scene; in the decades after the poem’s recording, dozens of rappers, including Queen Latifah, Common, Pharrell Williams, and Kendrick Lamar, either quoted its lyrics or sampled its music in their songs and performances.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Mar. 2026
Without sales or loyalty discounts, the best prices at Vons for the 16 items sampled tended to be in its Signature Select and Lucerne dairy products, both house brands.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons stayed close to Alicia Silverstone, while Kerry Condon sampled the prime rib.
—Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons stayed close to Alicia Silverstone, while Kerry Condon sampled the prime rib.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
Editors sampled the bread quarters side by side, scoring them on taste, texture, and overall experience using a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
The team found a major levoglucosan peak centered around 1128 CE, coinciding with a similar peak recorded from the Schwarzboden mire peat core, another important reservoir of atmospheric history sampled about 12 miles southeast of Weißseespitze.
—Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2026
More than 80% of the cherries, strawberries and grapes sampled carried PFAS residue.
—Susanne Rust
follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampled
tested
Verb
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The Red Sox have amassed a huge amount of starting pitching depth heading into 2026, but that depth is already being tested less than a week into the season.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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Only 55% of athletes were tested at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and four athletes tested positive, according to The Athletic.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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