scanned

verb

past tense of scan
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 The Fayetteville, North Carolina, superstar scanned the T-Mobile Center, pointing out a few contenders. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 Receipts and job sheets can be scanned to import billing information, reducing manual data entry. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026 Upon arrival, travelers register by having their face and fingerprints scanned in order to have their entry and exit data stored. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Best available elements selected by the director and scanned in 4K at the Public Television Company of Armenia. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 Someone typed a query, scanned the results, clicked a few websites and decided what to do next. — Robert Burko, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Davis entered the courtroom in a blue suit and tie and scanned the audience to see who was there before sitting next to his lawyer, Michael Sanft, once the jury was sworn in and seated. — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Someone living nearby had been feeding Charlie and finally brought her in to have her microchip scanned. — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026 Instead, a camera from Clear, the facial recognition company, scanned my face and the gate opened. — Andrew Zucker, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scanned
  1. examined
  2. reviewed
  3. surveyed
  4. inspected
  5. viewed
Verb
  • Khan’s lawyers and family have also accused the government of defying a court order that required him to be examined at the private Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • These cases represent a fraction of the unidentified victims whose remains have been examined over the years.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of examined
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  • IndieWire has reviewed screenshots of the Kingsway account repeatedly mocking Adeliyi’s career as recently as last week.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Parton’s secrets and legacy were captured in a new biography that came out earlier this year, which The Times reviewed here.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of reviewed
Verb
  • Half of those surveyed said just a one-week delay in pay would cause a major financial hardship.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • It's been 17 years since Byers surveyed glacial lakes in the Himalayas and ran into a television crew just after crossing an 18,000-foot pass.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of surveyed
Verb
  • Sam Garcia, a Mexican American rancher and scientist who raises cattle in Sonora, told CNN that any livestock entering the US will be inspected numerous times for screwworm before being dipped in a chemical bath.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • More than 100 critical product parameters are inspected and tracked during production.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of inspected
Verb
  • When viewed in person, however, the midsection and backside can look slabby, flat, and abrupt from certain angles.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Benioff said the numbers show that AI is strengthening rather than cannibalizing the business, pointing to the very companies once viewed as a threat to traditional software-as-a-service, or SaaS.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of viewed

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“Scanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scanned. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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