inspector
noun
in·spec·tor
in-ˈspek-tər 
1
: a person employed to inspect something
2
a
: a police officer who is in charge of usually several precincts and ranks below a superintendent or deputy superintendent
b
: a person appointed to oversee a polling place
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Department of Building inspectors determined that part of the building's decorative terracotta came loose, fell off the building, bounced off a store awning and struck the teen.
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Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Health inspectors found one vermin dropping on the shelf that was storing liquor and several old vermin droppings on the floor corner behind a metal cabinet.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
june 12, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
The decision comes two months after commission inspectors who’d toured the institution recommended lifting the sanctions.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
Three thousand of us had been walking that line for weeks — machinists, assemblers, inspectors, people who build the engines on the F-35 and the KC-46.
—Heather Merrick, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
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Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Health inspectors found one vermin dropping on the shelf that was storing liquor and several old vermin droppings on the floor corner behind a metal cabinet.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
june 12, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
The decision comes two months after commission inspectors who’d toured the institution recommended lifting the sanctions.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
Three thousand of us had been walking that line for weeks — machinists, assemblers, inspectors, people who build the engines on the F-35 and the KC-46.
—Heather Merrick, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
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“Inspector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inspector. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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inspector
noun
in·spec·tor
in-ˈspek-tər
1
: a person who makes inspections
meat inspector
2
: a police officer ranking just below a superintendent or deputy superintendent
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