as in audits
a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition
a prison cell inspection should include looking under the bed, to say the least
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Recent Examples of inspections
Government travel credit cards, necessary for everything from inspections to protective details, cannot be processed during the funding lapse.
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The rebuild, a Spanish colonial revival-style home with a courtyard and separate studio house, is nearly complete with final inspections on the calendar.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
Roaches and rodent droppings were found at several Tarrant County restaurants in the latest round of health inspections, report shows.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
Officials said applications are still reviewed under Chapter 17 of the city code, require documentation from licensed professionals such as certified arborists, and may include site visits and post-work inspections to ensure compliance.
—Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Taiwan is considering the years-long process of restarting two reactors because of the current crisis, which will require meticulous inspections, safety checks and control system verifications.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
DexCom received a warnings letter from the Food and Drug Administration following inspections at its San Diego and Mesa, Arizona, facilities.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
The city continues to do quarterly inspections of the structure and has outfitted it with electronic sensors that can detect problems in real-time that may be invisible to the naked eye.
—Sam Schwartz, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2025
China, which also has quality problems, blocked on-site FDA inspections throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The rebuild, a Spanish colonial revival-style home with a courtyard and separate studio house, is nearly complete with final inspections on the calendar.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
Roaches and rodent droppings were found at several Tarrant County restaurants in the latest round of health inspections, report shows.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
Officials said applications are still reviewed under Chapter 17 of the city code, require documentation from licensed professionals such as certified arborists, and may include site visits and post-work inspections to ensure compliance.
—Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Taiwan is considering the years-long process of restarting two reactors because of the current crisis, which will require meticulous inspections, safety checks and control system verifications.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
DexCom received a warnings letter from the Food and Drug Administration following inspections at its San Diego and Mesa, Arizona, facilities.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
The city continues to do quarterly inspections of the structure and has outfitted it with electronic sensors that can detect problems in real-time that may be invisible to the naked eye.
—Sam Schwartz, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2025
China, which also has quality problems, blocked on-site FDA inspections throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspections
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While thermometers are generally cheap and easy to install, some manufacturers were concerned about creating additional audits.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The state Public Utilities Commission would have to consider the audits’ findings before agreeing to raise customer rates to cover even more wildfire spending.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Daejeon officials released social media videos showing rescuers pulling the limp wolf from a ditch and placing it in a carrier, and the animal undergoing medical examinations at the zoo.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The findings, a year in the making, represent one of the most self-critical examinations any elite university has publicly undertaken.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Leveraging this method has long been awaited by cosmologists, but only in recent years has data for both the CMB and for large-scale structure surveys become robust enough to yield a meaningful result like this.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
21 Apr. 2026
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The party began the surveys out of concern that Democrats could be shut out of the governor’s race because of California’s unique primary system, where the top two vote-getters in the June 2 primary move on to the November general election regardless of political party.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Inspections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspections. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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