surveying
noun
sur·vey·ing
sər-ˈvā-iŋ 
ˈsər-ˌvā-
: a branch of applied mathematics that is concerned with determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the lengths and directions of the bounding lines, and the contour of the surface and with accurately delineating the whole on paper
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Within minutes, guests can be standing beneath the stone arches of Arches National Park, 4 miles away, or surveying mesas and buttes in Canyonlands National Park, 30 miles southwest, where the Colorado and Green rivers have carved the landscape for centuries.
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Cari Shane, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
How is their scrap-heap surveying so much better than Colorado, which got value out of outfielder Mickey Moniak this season, but largely whiffed on all their other fliers?
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
At The Atlantic Festival last week, Spencer Rascoff—the CEO of Match Group, which owns major dating apps including Hinge and Tinder—told my colleague Annie Lowrey that Tinder is experimenting with surveying users and, based on their responses, presenting one custom prospect at a time.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2025
The next largest occupation was in the field of architecture, engineering and surveying (10%).
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
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Cari Shane, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
How is their scrap-heap surveying so much better than Colorado, which got value out of outfielder Mickey Moniak this season, but largely whiffed on all their other fliers?
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
At The Atlantic Festival last week, Spencer Rascoff—the CEO of Match Group, which owns major dating apps including Hinge and Tinder—told my colleague Annie Lowrey that Tinder is experimenting with surveying users and, based on their responses, presenting one custom prospect at a time.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2025
The next largest occupation was in the field of architecture, engineering and surveying (10%).
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Surveying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveying. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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