Thesaurus results for SAMPLES

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noun

plural of sample

as in samplings

a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole based on a sample of the menu items, we decided that this was the best restaurant in town

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one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like this vase is a sample of the high-quality glassware that the glassblowers can produce

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sample

as in tests

to put (something) to a test sampled the soup to see if it tasted good

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Recent Examples of samples

Noun

Omene plans to regularly measure blood samples and track changes in cancer markers, and biopsy participants' abdominal fat cells every six months, to see how those respond, in terms of hormones or inflammation. —

Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 9 June 2026 The synthetic pyrethroid insecticide cypermethrin, which the EPA calls a possible human carcinogen, was detected on nearly half of all samples. —

Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 The Merced County Department of Public Health said Friday, June 5, that measles virus material was found in routine wastewater surveillance samples collected in the county. —

Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026 For future Artemis missions, the lander will also function as living quarters while astronauts collect samples, conduct experiments and test new technologies on the moon. —

Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 9 June 2026 Now researchers have analyzed samples taken from within the structure itself—specifically, the crater’s peak ring, an inner ring that formed when the Chicxulub impact produced enough debris to form a mound in the center of its crater that later collapses. —

Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 June 2026 These ones are actually samples, but look? —

Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 June 2026 Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples. —

Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026 Thanks to the advent of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, more than 20% of the general population has submitted DNA samples to private companies. —

Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026

Verb

In Procida, one of the Phlegraean Islands off the coast of Naples, Tucci samples a lemon salad. —

Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 May 2026 Oklou shares the same melodic grace in her wandering arpeggios, and the spectral balearic timewarp of Torus’ Summer of Love samples Stockholm’s own Eric Prydz. —

Nathan Evans, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026 Then, instead of measuring everything, the protocol samples only a small fraction of the copies. —

Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026 Bar Tab Taran Dugal samples experimental cocktails in Long Island City. —

Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026 The hotel samples some of the city's hottest restaurants and bars, spanning cuisine from China’s Chaoshan to Europe. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026 The Martian samples the scientists studied, which bore a strong match to rocks found near San Diego and South Africa, ranged from as small as a pebble to as large as a boulder. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 Of the clean-up options detailed in its application, the city prefers a plan that removes the pile and basement foundation, then samples the soil and groundwater to find out whether further work is needed to mitigate toxins. —

Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Max Richter also got a nomination for his score, which samples old-fashioned instruments like the viol and hurdy-gurdy. —

Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026

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Noun

There will be 25 wineries, breweries and other vendors and samplings from more than 25 local restaurants’ best dishes and desserts along with live music and silent auction.

— Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
The cases of Legionnaires' disease, a type of pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria, which can live in mist and water systems, prompted the SNHD to conduct environmental samplings at the Wynn, confirming its systems were infected with the bacteria.

— Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026