Thesaurus results for SAMPLED

sampled

verb

past tense of sample

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 Hayden, 53, of Oak Park Heights, started making pies — using her mother’s cold-water pie crust recipe — in massive quantities at Fresh Fields bakery in Stillwater for Thanksgiving 2011; the owner, Dave Michaud, was a friend who had sampled her pie. —

Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026 What’s even more striking is the fact that the Puerto Rican scalloped hammerheads were not only differentiated from the Northwest Atlantic population, but also showed genetic separation from populations sampled in Belize and Brazil! —

Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 That survey sampled 800 likely Democratic primary voters, with 80% having a favorable opinion of Bennet compared to 9% unfavorable. —

Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 30 June 2026 According to Moncur, who first sampled the ice cream during visits to Hawaii and New Zealand, the fruit-forward treat provides a refreshing and not too sweet take on the frozen dessert genre. —

Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado june 27, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2026 Thirty-six percent of the likely city Democratic voters Marist sampled in their June 2021 poll — when moderate Eric Adams won the primary for mayor — identified as liberal, 32% as moderate and just 16% as very liberal. —

Evan Thies, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026 Gallup and its partners conducted the survey in December 2025 and sampled 2,436 young people, between the ages of 13 and 28, living in the United States. —

Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 24 June 2026 But Via Carota doesn't hold a monopoly on Taylor's pasta-loving heart—she's sampled a smattering of NYC's most popular Italian joints over the years, including Torrisi, Emilio’s Ballato, and Lucali. —

Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026 Tuesday's test from Beachwood Beach West measured 370 colonies of bacteria per 100 milliliters sampled. —

Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026

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tested

Verb

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s hazardous material team also tested for ammonia, which is used in refrigeration, and hydrogen fluoride, a toxic chemical that could be released by burning lithium-ion batteries and solar panels.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
The bat was captured and later tested positive for rabies, allowing doctors to begin the girl's post-exposure vaccination series quickly.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026