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Specimen, a small version of a bigger whole; to taste a small portion.

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Usage examples (35)
  • The world will not stop and think - it never does, it is not its way; its way is to generalize from a single sample.
  • I also welcome the other stats jocks on this board to do so and to back me up on the usage of the term sample error in that article.
  • That combo in this sample is the last 6 years of Clinton.
  • Sala has what she describes as a sample of his handwriting, and said she has Reeves 'phone number and current address in Los Angeles.
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