sub·sam·ple
ˈsəb-ˌsam-pəl 
ˌsəb-ˈsam-
subsampled; subsampling; subsamples
: to draw samples from (a previously selected group or population) : sample a sample of
: a sample or specimen obtained by subsampling
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Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2025
Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The data was based on a subsample from more than 15 million loans originated during this period.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Researchers used a subsample of 4,209 participants from the St. Louis Baby Tooth–Later Life Health Study (SLBT), which included many individuals who lived near Coldwater Creek as children and began donating their baby teeth in 1958 to measure radiation exposure from atmospheric nuclear testing.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
The error margin for the Republican subsample is 6.1% and for Democrats 5.9%.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 6 July 2025
This suggests that interest group organizing is currently insufficient to overcome the challenge of getting a representative subsample of those who are affected by legislation to testify.
—Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2025
Harris, however, is ahead by 6 points among voters from the seven key battleground states (within the margin of error for that subsample), and the candidates are tied at 49% among voters in close counties, where the Biden-Trump 2020 margin was less than 10 points.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
The margins of error for the small subsamples of Latinos and Black voters are plus or 9 points − a potential shift of up to 18 points one way or the other − and other recent polls show Harris in a stronger position, including a lead among Hispanics.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
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Verb
These routinely collected bulk milk samples, which are taken before the pasteurization process, are subsampled by industry labs and sent for H5N1 testing to the Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Minnesota.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
And the Atlantic subpolar gyre is just a tiny subsample of the hemispheric circulation.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The data was based on a subsample from more than 15 million loans originated during this period.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Researchers used a subsample of 4,209 participants from the St. Louis Baby Tooth–Later Life Health Study (SLBT), which included many individuals who lived near Coldwater Creek as children and began donating their baby teeth in 1958 to measure radiation exposure from atmospheric nuclear testing.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
The error margin for the Republican subsample is 6.1% and for Democrats 5.9%.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 6 July 2025
This suggests that interest group organizing is currently insufficient to overcome the challenge of getting a representative subsample of those who are affected by legislation to testify.
—Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2025
Harris, however, is ahead by 6 points among voters from the seven key battleground states (within the margin of error for that subsample), and the candidates are tied at 49% among voters in close counties, where the Biden-Trump 2020 margin was less than 10 points.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
The margins of error for the small subsamples of Latinos and Black voters are plus or 9 points − a potential shift of up to 18 points one way or the other − and other recent polls show Harris in a stronger position, including a lead among Hispanics.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Subsample.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsample. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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