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A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
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(statistics) A subset or portion of a population that is systematically selected for measurement, observation, or questioning, with the objective of generating statistical information that accurately reflects the characteristics of the entire population.
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(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
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(business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
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(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
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(obsolete) Example; pattern.