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, 10 May 2026
In addition to the two deputies stationed inside the board room during meetings, the sheriff’s office also scans bags and uses a magnetometer for visitors.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
In those sleepy unstaffed stations, passengers routinely board and the train starts moving again before the conductor ever makes contact or scans their tickets.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
Another scans the competitive landscape every few hours.
—Mukund Jha, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
When another camera scans a person later, the system checks their live face against these templates to confirm an identity.
—Jonathan S. Weissman, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
The system then scans YouTube and flags potential replicas for that celebrity’s team to review.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Somewhere off the coast of Massachusetts, a small team of volunteers scans the Atlantic Ocean every single day — not with satellites, not with tracking chips, but with their own eyes, binoculars and drones.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
The model scans 10-by-10-meter squares of land to determine whether poppies are present by their telltale orange color.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
According to Coulier, recent scans and his overall prognosis are looking positive for both the carcinoma in his throat and the lymphoma.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
For example, brain scans of DIAN family members helped scientists discover how Alzheimer's begins.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 7 May 2026
Common practices include body scans, grounding (noticing your feet on the floor), intentional breathwork, gentle shaking (sometimes called TRE, for tension releasing exercises) and slow mindful movement.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
For years, tech experts like Hinton predicted displacement by AI partly because some radiologists’ tasks are seemingly formulaic and repetitive, such as reading scans and writing reports.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Across its 140-plus pages, the book traces a postwar landscape of Chicano youth culture through personal essays, interview testimonials, and over a hundred vintage photos, party ads, and scans of record labels and album covers, many with those tags.
—Oliver Wang, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
The scans, performed by radiographers from Burgess Diagnostics, show the animals' bones, organs and soft tissue.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Compared to radiologists who reviewed the scans, AI was three times better at identifying the early signs of cancer.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 3 May 2026
Verb
Look for a service that monitors all three major credit bureaus, scans the dark web and alerts you to suspicious changes tied to your identity.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
In addition to the two deputies stationed inside the board room during meetings, the sheriff’s office also scans bags and uses a magnetometer for visitors.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
In those sleepy unstaffed stations, passengers routinely board and the train starts moving again before the conductor ever makes contact or scans their tickets.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
Another scans the competitive landscape every few hours.
—Mukund Jha, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
When another camera scans a person later, the system checks their live face against these templates to confirm an identity.
—Jonathan S. Weissman, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
The system then scans YouTube and flags potential replicas for that celebrity’s team to review.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Somewhere off the coast of Massachusetts, a small team of volunteers scans the Atlantic Ocean every single day — not with satellites, not with tracking chips, but with their own eyes, binoculars and drones.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
The model scans 10-by-10-meter squares of land to determine whether poppies are present by their telltale orange color.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
One-time dark web scans have limits, too.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
According to Coulier, recent scans and his overall prognosis are looking positive for both the carcinoma in his throat and the lymphoma.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
For example, brain scans of DIAN family members helped scientists discover how Alzheimer's begins.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 7 May 2026
Common practices include body scans, grounding (noticing your feet on the floor), intentional breathwork, gentle shaking (sometimes called TRE, for tension releasing exercises) and slow mindful movement.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
For years, tech experts like Hinton predicted displacement by AI partly because some radiologists’ tasks are seemingly formulaic and repetitive, such as reading scans and writing reports.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Across its 140-plus pages, the book traces a postwar landscape of Chicano youth culture through personal essays, interview testimonials, and over a hundred vintage photos, party ads, and scans of record labels and album covers, many with those tags.
—Oliver Wang, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
The scans, performed by radiographers from Burgess Diagnostics, show the animals' bones, organs and soft tissue.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Compared to radiologists who reviewed the scans, AI was three times better at identifying the early signs of cancer.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 3 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scans
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Donaldson, who has popped by to film a check-in with the contestants, surveys the chaos.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
6 May 2026
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Even with this week’s decrease, the average Miami-area price is more than a penny higher per gallon than a month ago and 98 cents higher than a year ago, according to GasBuddy, a national fuel monitoring service that surveys nearly 1,700 stations in South Florida.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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Since inspections resumed following COVID-19 disruptions in 2021, UC Davis has received 15 violations across nine inspections, including critical violations involving animal injuries and enclosure failures.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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For properties that were found to have violations during inspections prompted by complaints instead of proactive city inspections, the re-inspection rate was dramatically lower at 46%.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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There’s also the multi-state litigation against Nexstar-Tegna, which has stymied the integration of the two local TV station groups as the court reviews the claims that the tie-up is anticompetitive.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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The stay is in place until next week while the high court reviews emergency appeals.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Colleges are beginning to respond with interviews, oral examinations, and in-person assessments.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Once the animals undergo forensic medical examinations, the PSPCA said charges for the people responsible could include animal cruelty and neglect, failure to provide access to clean and sanity shelter and lack of veterinary care.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The book examines what Brownback describes as an increasingly sophisticated system of surveillance and repression targeting Christians, Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and Falun Gong practitioners.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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These themes are explored further in his book, The AI Revolution is Here – Preparing the Workforce for Change, which examines how organizations can adapt to technological change while maintaining a human-centric focus.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The incumbent has conducted fewer than 50 audits and reports during his tenure, which compares to more than 200 reports and audits conducted during his predecessor’s first term.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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The controller uses audits and reports to hold entities and other governmental agencies accountable.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Tarrant County Public Health inspects all restaurants in the county except those in Fort Worth, Arlington, Euless and North Richland Hills.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2026
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Agriculture, land management, fire training and other industrial-type burning may proceed if a Cal Fire official inspects the burn site and issues a special permit.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Then the Solar System Dynamics Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory analyzes the objects that will come closest to Earth, using infrared-scanning telescopes such as NEOWISE to estimate the size of asteroids, especially darker ones that are difficult to see in the visible spectrum.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 May 2026
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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,
9 May 2026
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“Scans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scans. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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