as in examines
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
inspected the collie before the dog show
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Recent Examples of inspects
The mission simulates a scenario in which a maneuverable satellite rapidly approaches and inspects another spacecraft that is not cooperating.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
Nida Wongphanlert inspects an amenity bag made from recycled materials at 137 Pillars Suites & Residences.
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Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Tarrant County Public Health inspects all restaurants and food establishments in the county except for those in Fort Worth, Arlington, Euless and North Richland Hills.
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Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2026
Ballots are prepared Another team of workers inspects every ballot, flattening them and removing creases in preparation to be scanned.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
An emergency worker inspects damage to an apartment building following an Israeli strike in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, May 18, 2026, which killed an Islamic Jihad commander and his 17-year-old daughter, according to Lebanese state media.
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Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Agriculture, land management, fire training and other industrial-type burning may proceed if a Cal Fire official inspects the burn site and issues a special permit.
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City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
Nida Wongphanlert inspects an amenity bag made from recycled materials at 137 Pillars Suites & Residences.
—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Tarrant County Public Health inspects all restaurants and food establishments in the county except for those in Fort Worth, Arlington, Euless and North Richland Hills.
—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2026
Ballots are prepared Another team of workers inspects every ballot, flattening them and removing creases in preparation to be scanned.
—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
An emergency worker inspects damage to an apartment building following an Israeli strike in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, May 18, 2026, which killed an Islamic Jihad commander and his 17-year-old daughter, according to Lebanese state media.
—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Agriculture, land management, fire training and other industrial-type burning may proceed if a Cal Fire official inspects the burn site and issues a special permit.
—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspects
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In a new story, The Washington Post examines how these four women are navigating this increasingly common reality in the United States.
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This hard-to-watch documentary examines the case, how hospital administrators caught Letby, and the complex feelings of the surviving families.
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Automated governance scans the entire system to identify sensitive information and track its lineage, providing a complete map of the data to ensure secure compliance.
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Charli takes her sunglasses off and scans the cozy venue, which opened in 1927 and began hosting concerts in 2008.
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She's being held on $50,000 bail as the District Attorney's Office reviews the case.
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To turn this journalism project into a vetted, scientific one, our teams had to submit the design to Columbia’s Institutional Review Board, the independent ethics committee that reviews any study involving human subjects and decides whether the protocol is sound enough to produce trustworthy data.
Verb
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The company organizes thousands of AI agents into statistically representative populations—each agent assigned an age, an income, a zip code, a gender, among other things—and surveys them in place of human respondents.
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Sartori surveys the lagoon weekly by boat for signs of nesting, which would indicate a self-sustaining Venetian colony.
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“Inspects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspects. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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