Classic and Sample

Classic

Classic noun - Someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation.

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Sample and classic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sample" instead a noun "Classic".

Sample noun - A number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole.

Usage example: based on a sample of the menu items, we decided that this was the best restaurant in town

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Classic and sample are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Classic" instead a noun "Sample".

Nearby Words: sampling, sampler, sampled, samp

old	old classic	old sample
good	good classic	good sample
short	short classic	short sample
original	original classic	original sample
Other adjectives: obvious, small, last.

Deliberate Values Dissonance: One sample treasure listed in the appendix is a "naked slave-girl," because such a character is a common trend among the classic pulp fantasy stories it tries to emulate.

Source: Tabletop Game / On Mighty Thews
Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle is a beloved West Coast classic and is very easy to obtain - unless you're looking for the original 1993 release which had "Gz Up, Hoez Down", which was removed from all subsequent pressings due to sample clearance issues.

Source: Keep Circulating The Tapes / Music
The Louie Anderson version in 1999 got a theme that was mostly new but contained a short sample of the original melody - this theme got remixed when Richard Karn took over in 2002 (removing the elements of the classic theme), and again when John O'Hurley took over in 2006.

Source: Evolving Music

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