inspects

present tense third-person singular of inspect

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of inspects The auditors chose to look into how CBP inspects returning cruise passengers following recent years’ assessments from CBP field offices that cited a growing threat of drug contraband smuggling by way of cruises. Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2025 Deputy Public Works Director Carlos Zepeda said the department’s staff inspects the parks on a regular basis, looking out for things that need immediate fixes. Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025 The cleanup specialist inspects the code. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Tarrant County inspects all food-service establishments in the county except for those in Fort Worth, Arlington, Euless and North Richland Hills, which conduct their own inspections. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025 Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the troops during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3. Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Amr Nabil / APEgypt's Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathi inspects a recovered artifact at Abu Qir bay in Alexandria. Roisín Savage, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025 Lloyd Knight, the agency’s deputy director, told the Statesman that whenever a car holding a watercraft turns into the station, one worker will begin interviewing the driver to determine whether the boat had been in infested waters, while another inspects the watercraft. Alex Music august 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspects
Verb
  • While several documentaries have been made about Rader, Borgman’s film examines the crimes through a new lens via Rader’s daughter, Kerri Rawson.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Goldman report also examines the risks and broader implications.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The technology scans the entire genome for single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs—the spots where one person’s genome might have a T, while another’s has a C—for associations with human behaviors.
    Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The software scans for visible firearms and sends an alert whenever a potential threat appears.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Also fired was much of the agency’s human resources staff; its entire Washington office, which communicates with Congress; and its ethics office, which reviews conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Neither John Glenn Columbus International Airport nor Rickenbacker International Airport are showing the video while the Columbus Regional Airport Authority's legal team reviews it.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In his new, hefty cookbook that surveys the region, Recipes from the American South, the James Beard Award-winning author is teaching home cooks how to make food that better reflects the region's complex, messy and still-evolving history.
    Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Miami-area are prices down about 4 cents from a month ago and 18 cents from a year ago, according to GasBuddy, a national fuel monitoring service that surveys nearly 1,700 stations in South Florida.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025

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