sondage

/ sɒnˈdɑːʒ /

noun

1. archaeol a deep trial trench for inspecting stratigraphy

Word History and Origins

Origin of sondage¹

C20: from French: a sounding, from sonder to sound

Example Sentences

The latest Sondage Leger poll conducted for the Journal de Montreal and the National Post newspapers put the Conservatives one percentage point ahead of Trudeau’s Liberals, with 33% over 32%.

From Reuters

“The sondage team suspects ... absurd, I know, but they take their duty to be open-minded terribly seriously ... that the extremophiles departed for the inner system.”

From Nature

Where does the sondage team imagine these extremophiles reside?

From Nature

The sondage team suspects that living creatures were once present here.

From Nature

The sondage team has formulated an alternative hypothesis.

From Nature