SCANNING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

scanning

verb

present participle of scan

as in examining

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 scanning While scanning the roadside along I-80 offers a quick, anecdotal glimpse of the winter ahead, local districts maintain contact with Reclamation to track how much runoff will actually make its way to Folsom Lake. — Corey Schmidt july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 Defender normally places hard limits on how big a file can be written to disk when scanning and quarantining a machine. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026 Outside the stadium after the match, as a parade of yellow streamed out to the parking lots, a group of teen-agers hoping to trade their Ecuador jerseys waited near the gates, scanning for orange. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 6 July 2026 AmbiStack takes over downstream by scanning and stacking cases for receiving. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 In the moments when acknowledging success is exactly what is called for, our brains are busy scanning for pitfalls. — Karyn Gallant, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Today, scientists are scanning the sky in search of asteroids far larger. — Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 30 June 2026 Nashville — Steve Crook squints through the sun, scanning his surroundings with precision. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026 And by passing footage to police rather than scanning them, Gabriel positions itself to avoid responsibility for the misidentifications that follow, says Pablo Nunes, director of the Center for Studies on Public Safety and Citizenship, a non-governmental organization based in Rio de Janeiro. — Harry Booth, Time, 26 June 2026

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So traders looking to get an edge began closely examining Ronaldo’s long, storied career for evidence of crying.

— Jon Sarlin, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
This premise, though intuitive, rests on an assumption worth examining, which is that a device only competes for the mind’s resources when it is actively being used.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of examining

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The new products included plugins capable of reviewing contracts and carrying out legal workflows that would once have required considerable human time.

— Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
An unpublished version of a new 17-page rule viewable in the Federal Register includes one sentence about Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security favorably reviewing applications involving MGX semiconductors and servers bound for the UAE.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Definition of reviewing

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New research from Omdia, commissioned by Apica and surveying 300 enterprise IT decision-makers, found that 59% of enterprises have already terminated or delayed an agentic AI deployment because observability costs have become unmanageable.

— Andi Mann, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
The Long Goodbye is full of glamorous hippies, with the actor Sterling Hayden (a veteran of the earlier noir era) surveying his domain on the beach in Malibu.

— Carolyn Kellogg, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Definition of surveying

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Consumers can help protect themselves from skimming by inspecting card readers before use, covering the keypad when entering a PIN, monitoring account activity regularly, and promptly reporting suspicious transactions to their financial institution.

— Mary Ella Hastings July 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
Investigators reviewed Walmart surveillance footage, which police said captured the collision and showed the driver of the Ford F-250 inspecting the damage before leaving without providing the required information.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of inspecting

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For decades, the Supreme Court had all but ignored the 2nd Amendment, viewing it as a somewhat outdated provision involving militias, akin to the 3rd Amendment.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
According to the American Museum of Natural History, the best viewing locations are Manhattan’s broad cross streets with clear views west toward the Hudson River.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

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