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 For the type of person who will spend $50 on a sampler of Portuguese sardines despite having never previously touched the domestic cans, the next logical step may be to fill the freezer with $10 pints of craft ice cream or $22 sourdough pizza. Meghan McCarron, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025 Her Pizza Starter Kit from Pizza Girl comes with an adorable countertop pizza oven (with adjustable heat settings); a three-pack organic sauce sampler; cutting board; apron; pizza cutter; and semi-circle pizza paddles–everything needed to make a delicious pizza dinner for the family. Rona Berg, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 This sampler pack includes gourmet flavors like mint, chipotle and honeycomb to put a unique spin on your traditional box of chocolates. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025 An official Basement Tapes sampler came out in 1975, but the bootlegs kept coming, up to the 2014 box The Complete Basement Tapes. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sampler

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“Sampler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampler. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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