inspections

plural of inspection

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Recent Examples of inspections The brothers also offered to surrender their passports and to be monitored by GPS and home inspections if they're released. Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026 Post-installation inspections began last month, and performance and stability testing is underway as South Korea looks for a December launch. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026 Food and Drug Administration inspections of foreign food sites — including the Mexican farm linked to the ongoing outbreak — are down nearly 35% since 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to agency records. Matthew Perrone, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 Perhaps the biggest challenge to boosting inspections is recruiting new inspectors, and retaining those FDA already has. ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 Look for pre-move-out inspections to become a standard tenant tool. Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026 An inoperable air conditioning system and sweaty employees led to the temporary closure of one Fort Worth pizza joint in the latest round of city health inspections, according to the report. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2026 Cities and counties would be authorized to charge fees for the inspections under the bill. Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Both homes later passed follow-up inspections and were labeled compliant. Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspections
Noun
  • Role definitions, entitlement reviews and periodic audits are built for static conditions, but agents operate in dynamic ones.
    Brian Contos, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Other guardrails include limited access within the Sheriff’s Office, training requirements and artificial intelligence and manual audits.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The tests included dental examinations, the heart, lungs, and nervous system, as well as blood tests.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Swelling and spinal shock can cloud the earliest neurological picture, and physicians repeat examinations over time for good reason, as many people once given a grave prognosis go on to recover.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Up until this point, however, this technique has relied on combining radio wave detection with observations from galactic surveys operating with visible light, or electromagnetic radiation our eyes have evolved to see.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The exhibition is an exciting intervention into the history of painting surveys, ambitious in scope yet thoughtfully executed in both its installation and its creation of new scholarship.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Inspections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspections. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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