as in sampling
a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole she put together a sampler of works in the police procedural genre

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Recent Examples of sampler However, the real star of the sampler was the gouda mac and cheese bites. Sidney Steele, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025 That changes with Teenage Engineering's K.O. II sampler. Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025 Try a sampler plate with a choice of stews, including cochinita, chamorro (red wine braised beef) and barbacoa. Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Most people don’t think of samplers and MPCs as instruments—in many ways, the music workstations are more akin to computers. Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sampler
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Noun
  • Experience the elegance of a traditional Victorian afternoon tea with samplings, etiquette lessons, and a house tour.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
  • In total, Taylor watched 44 videos in chambers that were recorded by police drones in March 2021 — a sampling of the hundreds of tapes that fell within the date range initially requested by Castañares.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
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  • The sample menu starts at 250 pounds a person with a taste of an oyster vichyssoise that uses imperial gold caviar, buttermilk and dill; scallops from the Isle of Skye with pumpkin, nori, and pine créme, and a Cornish turbot made with morteau sausage, thyme, black garlic and yellow wine.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
  • Soil samples suggest the stones were placed there around 400 years ago, which aligns with the timing of Rutherford’s letter.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025

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“Sampler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampler. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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