dip (into)

verb

Definition of dip (into)next
as in to leaf (through)

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  1. turn over
  2. scan
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  • Before, the city seemed to have been run by bankers and media professionals and fashion people and celebrities, but now Manhattan had been turned over to men in urban-warfare attire, with brawny forearms and high-and-tight haircuts.
    — Devin Friedman, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The ground beneath them has turned over; Darnell Nurse has been replaced with Shea after the latter’s breakout season with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
    — Janson Duench, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
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  • Throughout the operation, the robot autonomously scanned the cardiac tissue, mapped out the precise location of the lesion, and navigated the complex pathway to deploy the cardiac occluder with sub-millimeter precision.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • In 1982 — the entire decade captured with quiet authenticity by production designer Brian Kane — Rita leads what would scan to many like a good-enough life.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of scan
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“Dip (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dip%20%28into%29. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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