SCANS Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

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present tense third-person singular of scan

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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scans

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noun

plural of scan

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

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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 As the newest addition to the lineup, the Echo Dot Max focuses on high-fidelity audio that scans your room to optimize playback for your specific space. —

Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 This tool scans microscope images and calculates the percentage of grain growth across the weld interface. —

Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026 Mike Christy/Getty Images An avid swimmer who aspires to one day complete the famous event from Alcatraz in San Francisco, Vitello scans his various baseball zones much like a lifeguard with eyes up, observing everything and everyone. —

CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026 An advanced driving system scans the terrain around the robot and helps guide it around hazards. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026 The vessel is decked out with everything from a hyper-precise sonar system that continuously scans the seabed to a Deadman’s Switch that forces automatic ascent if the pilot is incapacitated. —

Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026 While humans might identify issues during a monthly sales review, AI continuously scans data and flags potential risks in real time. —

Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2026

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But these new data scans can be effective in finding criminals. —

Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026 At the time, the courier sought to eliminate all the manual scans done by pre-loaders who sort and move packages from the conveyor belt into delivery vehicles. —

Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026 Despite trying to use exercise as a remedy for her back pain, scans showed spondylolisthesis had developed in Galbraith’s lower spine, the release noted. —

Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 So far, the company has reported that misloaded packages have dropped by nearly 70%, and the new system is expected to eliminate about 20 million manual scans each day. —

Christopher Harris, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 Much of what’s included in the agenda packets, however, are things like contracts and scans of documents not initially authored by the county, meaning the county can’t create them to be ADA-compliant from the start. —

Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 The study used thigh MRI scans to assess muscle fat content in 615 participants with an average age of 60, a population at risk for developing the condition. —

Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Last year, the FDA cleared the first blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, paving the way for a cheaper, less invasive alternative to lumbar punctures and PET scans. —

Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026 Instead, as Axios noted on the complex adoption picture, radiologists have broadly adopted AI tools; used them to read more scans more accurately; and have seen both their numbers and their pay increase since. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026

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The Tate show, which surveys the efforts of Nigerian artists and artistic groups both before and after the country declared national independence from British colonial rule, underscores the spirit of self-determination, and of aesthetic and artistic inquiry, that drew Lawrence in the first place.

— Michael Lobel, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
The Swift Observatory is equipped with a Burst Alert Telescope that surveys a huge amount of the sky at once, looking for flashes of light and pinpointing their locations.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026