as in surveys
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
scanned the manuscript carefully for any overlooked errors
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as in inspections
a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition
gave the car a good scan to see if it was worth buying
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Recent Examples of scans
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
To achieve this, the Fourier transform essentially scans all possible frequencies and determines how much each contributes to the original function.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Insert a capsule, press a button, and marvel as the machine scans the barcode and adjusts its settings to the perfect temperature, brew time, and pressure setting for that drink.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Zwicky, which scans the night sky with a wide-field camera, has a reputation for enabling astronomers to discover transients, or fleeting cosmic phenomena, such as quickly flaring and fading supernovas.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
The service scans your credit card statements and include recurring bills like cell phone, utilities, insurance, and rent on your Experian credit report.
—Jim Wang, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Idalski methodically scans patches of the river with a backpack electrofisher, using an electrical current to agitate lamprey larvae and draw them out of the riverbed.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
An ultrasharp conductive tip (in this case, made of gold) is positioned less than 1 nanometer from the specimen, which scans the surface.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2023
Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Nearly 100,000 officers were recruited to pound on doors and collect names, addresses, fingerprints and face-scans.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Since the same person’s brain doesn’t change in that short window, any differences between scans are from the machines themselves.
—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
The process is repeated six weeks apart, typically in the form of six infusion rounds and imaging scans.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
This is because stopping the grains for X-ray scans froze the motion, destroying the natural flow.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
But again, she was told that everything looked normal on the scans.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The scans revealed details about their hearts, blood vessels, and distribution of both visceral and subcutaneous fat.
—Kristen Fischer, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
Using high-resolution scans of the child’s cranium and jaw, scientists now propose that the individual possessed anatomical traits of both Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
Android Hidden Camera Detector (FutureApps)Uses your phone's magnetic sensor to alert you near electronics and also scans for infrared light.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
To achieve this, the Fourier transform essentially scans all possible frequencies and determines how much each contributes to the original function.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Insert a capsule, press a button, and marvel as the machine scans the barcode and adjusts its settings to the perfect temperature, brew time, and pressure setting for that drink.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Zwicky, which scans the night sky with a wide-field camera, has a reputation for enabling astronomers to discover transients, or fleeting cosmic phenomena, such as quickly flaring and fading supernovas.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
The service scans your credit card statements and include recurring bills like cell phone, utilities, insurance, and rent on your Experian credit report.
—Jim Wang, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Idalski methodically scans patches of the river with a backpack electrofisher, using an electrical current to agitate lamprey larvae and draw them out of the riverbed.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
An ultrasharp conductive tip (in this case, made of gold) is positioned less than 1 nanometer from the specimen, which scans the surface.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2023
Noun
Ezra’s whole-body scans, Ever/Body’s boutique medspas, and Forward’s futuristic clinics all struggled to retain customers long enough to justify the spend.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Nearly 100,000 officers were recruited to pound on doors and collect names, addresses, fingerprints and face-scans.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Since the same person’s brain doesn’t change in that short window, any differences between scans are from the machines themselves.
—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
The process is repeated six weeks apart, typically in the form of six infusion rounds and imaging scans.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
This is because stopping the grains for X-ray scans froze the motion, destroying the natural flow.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
But again, she was told that everything looked normal on the scans.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The scans revealed details about their hearts, blood vessels, and distribution of both visceral and subcutaneous fat.
—Kristen Fischer, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
Using high-resolution scans of the child’s cranium and jaw, scientists now propose that the individual possessed anatomical traits of both Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scans
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In addition to measuring students' academic achievement, NAEP also surveys things like students' comfort level with certain subjects and their attendance.—
Sequoia Carrillo,
NPR,
9 Sep. 2025
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Kantar, a global marketing data and insights company that surveys shoppers every month about their spending plans, has seen that parents this year are shopping earlier to beat rising costs and avoid out-of-stocks, and prioritizing value.—
Joan Verdon,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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To search the restaurant inspections, type in a keyword or restaurant name.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
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Iran passed a law suspending mandatory cooperation and now requires its Supreme National Security Council approval for all inspections.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Finally, a validator agent reviews the output for consistency, checks formatting and ensures nothing critical is missing before delivering the report to the legal team.—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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An AiP is a symbolic certification step in which a classification society reviews a new ship’s design or technology.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Further examinations by team doctors showed nothing serious and Glasow was cleared to pitch Monday.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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Further examinations revealed that the golden retriever TNNI3 mutation is autosomal recessive.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment, Law & Order examines the criminal justice system and tells the stories of the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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In his brilliant book A Little Devil in America, Hanif Abdurraqib examines how Black performance is woven into the fabric of American life and culture—adored, abhorred, exploited, commodified, appropriated.—
Lauren Morrow
September 9,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Risk programs are often driven by periodic audits and post-incident investigations.—
Nosa Omoigui,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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States audits, however, have repeatedly shown that CoreCivic facilities in Tennessee have failed to follow federal standards, including closing investigations before receiving rape kit results, failing to send rape kits for testing and not recording disciplinary actions.—
Melissa Brown,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the troops during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Amr Nabil / APEgypt's Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathi inspects a recovered artifact at Abu Qir bay in Alexandria.—
Roisín Savage,
NBC news,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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His team analyzes fleet needs and comes up with a proposal that makes sense.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Scans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scans. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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