as in examined
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
scanned the manuscript carefully for any overlooked errors
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Recent Examples of scanned
Photos were brought in to be scanned and used alongside more than 90 oral history interviews with 100 people.
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Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
So Allen took the snap, scanned the field, found no open receivers and bailed right, his eyes still sifting through layers of zone.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
For foreigners, passports are scanned at hotels, museums, and similar places.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
Helicopters scanned the woods while locals conducted foot searches.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Orders must be placed or scanned with the Del Yeah!
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Orders must be placed or scanned with the Del Yeah!
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
Two innings later, after third baseman Manny Machado drew a leadoff walk against Boyd, Merrill scanned the scoreboard and the situation.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
It will be required for all non-EU nationals heading to Europe for a short stay, but the fingerprints of children below 12 years old will not be scanned.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
So Allen took the snap, scanned the field, found no open receivers and bailed right, his eyes still sifting through layers of zone.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
For foreigners, passports are scanned at hotels, museums, and similar places.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
Helicopters scanned the woods while locals conducted foot searches.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Orders must be placed or scanned with the Del Yeah!
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Orders must be placed or scanned with the Del Yeah!
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
Two innings later, after third baseman Manny Machado drew a leadoff walk against Boyd, Merrill scanned the scoreboard and the situation.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
It will be required for all non-EU nationals heading to Europe for a short stay, but the fingerprints of children below 12 years old will not be scanned.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scanned
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Leslie's murder went cold for years until two new detectives re-examined the evidence in 2022.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Since the nineties, a number of studies have examined the long-term impacts of starvation on fetuses in the womb.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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Paul Wertheimer, who founded the company Crowd Management Strategies, reviewed videos students posted to TikTok of the chaos at the game.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Security footage reviewed by investigators also confirmed the pair had been gone for nearly an hour and had left their cell phones behind with the baby.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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About 23% of consumers surveyed plan to dress up their pet — roughly the same percentage (24%) who plan to visit a haunted house.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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While more than 60% of shoppers surveyed plan to make over half of their fashion purchases in stores this holiday, the amount of time shoppers are spending in stores dropped 3% and basket size fell 5% over the last two years, the report found.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Have your heating unit inspected annually.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Many of them took to the roads and rails, freaking out elite and middle-class white Protestants, who generally viewed married, settled life as the foundation of a successful society.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Oct. 2025
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The United States’s defeat of Péralte’s opposition, called the Cacos rebellion, was widely viewed by Haitians as having upended the Haitian revolutionary principles of freedom and independence upon which their country was founded while encouraging rule by force.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Scanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scanned. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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