inspected

verb

past tense of inspect
as in examined
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) inspected the collie before the dog show

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Recent Examples of inspected Organizations need to understand where TLS is negotiated, terminated, inspected and reestablished. — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Management may have inspected an area without finding the condition later described by a resident. — Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King said that his office's regulators had inspected Six Flags Over Georgia's Goliath roller coaster months before the incident that killed one man and injured four minors on Monday. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 The letter states that Streets and Sanitation has inspected the property multiple times over several years and issued multiple warnings and citations, and that the violations continued despite the fines being paid. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 In March 2024 Biden therefore announced that the United States would build a special offshore pier on the coast of Gaza to receive international aid, which would be shipped from Cyprus after being inspected by Israel. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026 Mecklenburg County sanitation scores The Mecklenburg County sanitation grades database shows that at least 493 restaurants were inspected in September. — Eva Flowe october 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026 So, a small percentage of items are inspected (maybe 1 to 2 percent or less). — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 All of those welds currently must be inspected for quality and endurance by a human. — Andrew Moseman, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspected
  1. examined
  2. scanned
  3. reviewed
  4. surveyed
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  • The model examined the website, found a vulnerable script and used it to complete the calculation.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The report examined two scenarios involving a relatively smooth transition.
    — Sheena Rossiter, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of examined
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  • Early Sunday morning, near the Place de la République, a part-time crossing guard named Joëlle, 71, scanned the wreckage along the Boulevard Voltaire from a bench, holding her shaggy shepherd mix, Pollux, on a leash.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Yet before the crows could be digitally designed, they were sculpted, and the character department built different parts of the crow — feathers, beaks, eyes and feet — to be scanned.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of scanned
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  • To report this story, the AJC reviewed business documents, court records, campaign finance reports and other public records related to Keisha Lance Bottoms and Alvin Kendall.
    — Thad Moore, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Skip to main content The best hotels in Maui, as reviewed by our editors and contributors.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of reviewed
Verb
  • Together, the findings suggest that the political changes following Maduro’s removal and Washington’s expanding economic relationship with Caracas have yet to produce improvements that many of those surveyed can recognize in their everyday lives.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Another recent Abacus poll found that 61% of the 1,021 eligible voters surveyed expect Albertans will vote again on separation, even if most choose to remain in Canada.
    — Christopher Guly, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of surveyed

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“Inspected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspected. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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