Sentence examples for specimens were usually from inspiring English sources

GBS specimens were usually obtained from the vagina (82%) or cervix (45%).

Urine specimens were usually collected at the time of interview and were aliquoted and stored at −80°C until shipment on dry ice to the CDC (Atlanta, GA).

Tissue specimens were usually processed within 24 hours of their arrival to the hospital, but for a fraction of samples transported from remote parts of the country, longer times may have been required.

(Another onion tip: fresher, younger specimens are usually milder than older ones).

Good bonsai specimens are usually hardy species that can be kept outdoors the year round wherever winters are mild.

Conical bowls are especially numerous, and dishes are not unusual, but the finer specimens are usually flowerpots, sometimes said to have been made for imperial use.

However FNA specimens are usually small and contain with a limited amount of tumor.

Specimens are usually cut into thin section as shown in (b), in order to analyze the distribution of mycelium in the wood by a sequence of light microscopy pictures.

Older specimens are usually tough and indigestible.

Fresh specimens are usually white, but will age to a pale tan; dried fruit bodies are light gray or tan mixed with some yellow.

Older DNA samples have been obtained for other animals — scientists recently sequenced the genome of a 700,000-year-old horse — but those specimens are usually found in permafrost conditions, far from early human remains.