Thesaurus results for LOOK-SEES

look-sees

noun

plural of look-see

as in inspections

a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition gave the painting a preliminary look-see to determine whether it could possibly be a genuine old master

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The movie theater auditoriums are considered dining areas, while routine inspections primarily focus on food preparation areas.

— Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The airport posted an update later that day confirming that both runways had reopened following inspections.

— Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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Margaritora, the chief thoracic surgeon at Rome's Gemelli hospital, also confirmed that the nodule was discovered by chance during routine abdominal examinations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Margaritora, the chief thoracic surgeon at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, also confirmed that the nodule was discovered by chance during routine abdominal examinations.

— Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of examinations

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The measure would remain in effect until voters end it and would include independent audits, public spending disclosures and a three-member citizen oversight committee.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Its Audit Risk component draws on patterns of noncompliance from more than 250,000 SMETA audits covering 115,000 sites in 106 countries.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of audits

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The party is currently polling at approximately 35% in voter intention surveys ahead of next year’s presidential election — far away the first-place party.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
That’s a larger lead for Rounds than many surveys have previously shown; some surveys even showed Bengs with a slight lead.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of surveys

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Principled Technologies' WebXPRT 4 browser test uses HTML5, JavaScript, and WebAssembly workloads to simulate tasks ranging from photo enhancement and OCR scans to sales graphs and online homework.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
According to the team, these differences can be hard to detect with lower-resolution scans.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

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