inspected

past tense of inspect

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of inspected The following restaurants in Pulaski County have been inspected by the Arkansas Department of Health over the past week. Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026 The department had initially intercepted and inspected the shipment at the port based on a tip received by its counterfeit and piracy enforcement team, the department said in the release. Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 The mayor and superintendent of schools disputed the claims, saying all city schools already are regularly monitored and inspected and issues corrected in a district that takes safety very seriously. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026 Rookies learn to pack parachutes by doing it twenty times, and having each one inspected. M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Federal law requires nursing homes to be inspected at least once every 15 months. Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 31 Aug. 2026 One of the people who saw and inspected the impressive whitetail was veteran tribal conservation officer Bill Bailey from Honor, Michigan. Richard P. Smith, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026 Following Hawley’s death in 2022, state officials told Six Flags to immediately shut down X2 and leave it in its current condition so it could be inspected. Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 The jet was still on the runway and being inspected Thursday morning. Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspected
Verb
  • Engineers who separately examined the building’s exterior supposedly found widespread corrosion in structural components of the soffit panels along the underside of an overhang that wraps around the center.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Webb has detailed how the Broncos have examined the layering of routes to ensure progressions best fit how Nix reads the field.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As promulgated last month, ballots must use envelopes with an election-mail logo that can to be scanned using high-speed processing equipment and contain a barcode unique to each voter.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Another study from 2021 found three of the 532 brains scanned showed signs of the disease.
    Mike McRae September 15, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Most residual errors identified in recent evaluations fall into mild-to-moderate severity when the note gets properly reviewed.
    Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Wyndham Rewards® Debit Card Learn More Information about the Wyndham Rewards® Debit Card has been collected independently by Select and has not been reviewed or provided by the issuer of the card prior to publication.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Coe added World Athletics research had shown Kenya was the most passionate market for track and field among those surveyed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In a July study in Frontiers in Psychology, remote workers reported the highest levels of positive well-being among roughly 7,700 healthcare employees surveyed across fully remote, hybrid and on-site roles.
    Cordilia James, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Inspected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspected. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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