Sampling
8 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
The action of taking a sample or portion for testing or analysis. In music, the reuse of a portion of a sound recording in another recording.
“The market research company used random sampling to ensure their survey results were representative.”
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sam·pling
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Contains three vowels A, I; -ING ending with SAMPL root pattern
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Worth 13 points; the -ING suffix enables easy parallel word construction
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