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The phrase "a sample of someone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a representation or example of a person's characteristics, behavior, or qualities, often in a research or analytical context.
Example: "In our study, we collected a sample of someone who exemplifies the traits we are investigating."
Alternatives: "an example of a person" or "a representation of an individual."
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What is stopping me from just submitting a sample of someone else's saliva and finding out a lot of information about them?
Scientists are devising ways to take a sample of someone's skin when they are young, store it for decades, and then clone it for when they are older.
When fed a sample of someone's DNA, these spots detect single-letter changes known as "single nucleotide polymorphisms" (SNPs, pronounced "snips").SNPs are single-letter mutations within the DNA that determine how one person is different from another.
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Someone offers me a sample of wine, and I'm so grateful it's vegan that I buy an entire box.
It happened as I was banging on the locked door of my local hospital's microbiology unit in desperation for someone to take a sample of my sick daughter's urine from me.
In other words, even though you have not submitted your own DNA sequence to a public genealogy database, if enough of your relatives have, then someone who obtains a sample of your DNA can use that information to track you down.
To precisely extract from someone else's music a sample of notes to use oneself.
Here is a sample of both kinds.
A sample of NiYO's mobile app.
-Would you like a sample of yogurt?
Listen to a sample of the audiobook.
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