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
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
26 June 2026
Dark Web Monitoring scans the dark web for your data, and Privacy Monitor seeks your data profile on data broker and aggregator websites.
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Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2026
The model scans what the weather patterns look like now, finds a similar picture it's seen before, and makes its prediction based on what happened last time.
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David Yeomans,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Automated governance scans the entire system to identify sensitive information and track its lineage, providing a complete map of the data to ensure secure compliance.
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Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Charli takes her sunglasses off and scans the cozy venue, which opened in 1927 and began hosting concerts in 2008.
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Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
Equipped with artificial intelligence, visual weld seam recognition, and intelligent 3D laser vision alignment, the mechanical arm scans its environment in real time.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Barclays says that markets are more euphoric than ever, tracking it through an index that scans the options market across roughly 700 stocks for the signs of speculative chasing.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
Anthony scans me for a long moment.
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Shyla Watson,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
Brad Sanders,
Pitchfork,
26 June 2026
The scroll has been digitally unwrapped using a technique pioneered by Seales called Volume Cartographer, which takes scans of a 3D manuscript, layer by layer, and then effectively flattens these into 2D images that can then be read.
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Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
26 June 2026
Regular scans will allow people to monitor their entire body for changes, which has the potential to alert individuals to early signs of chronic illness and disease.
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New Atlas,
26 June 2026
However, before installing any of Hornsea 3’s equipment, construction crews conducted essential comprehensive safety scans of the area.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 June 2026
The firewall handles port scans and other internet attacks.
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Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2026
Next Health’s most popular IV membership, at $299 a month, bundles two IV drips, two vitamin shots and monthly access to cryotherapy, infrared LED, hyperbaric oxygen and body composition scans, which is a useful benchmark for how the membership math actually works at a mid-tier clinic.
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Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
The modern wellness industry, however, thrives on the idea that healthy aging requires constant, obsessive measurement and optimization through supplements, wearable devices, expensive scans, or influencers promising to unlock the secret to longevity.
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Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Other scans showed tumors in his bones, lymph nodes, lungs and pancreas.
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Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Verb
The observatory has spent over two decades as a sort of orbital sentinel that scans the cosmos for gamma-ray bursts, ready to quickly point itself at the short-lived — but insanely powerful — space explosions at a moment's notice.
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Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
26 June 2026
Dark Web Monitoring scans the dark web for your data, and Privacy Monitor seeks your data profile on data broker and aggregator websites.
—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2026
The model scans what the weather patterns look like now, finds a similar picture it's seen before, and makes its prediction based on what happened last time.
—
David Yeomans,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Automated governance scans the entire system to identify sensitive information and track its lineage, providing a complete map of the data to ensure secure compliance.
—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Charli takes her sunglasses off and scans the cozy venue, which opened in 1927 and began hosting concerts in 2008.
—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
Equipped with artificial intelligence, visual weld seam recognition, and intelligent 3D laser vision alignment, the mechanical arm scans its environment in real time.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Barclays says that markets are more euphoric than ever, tracking it through an index that scans the options market across roughly 700 stocks for the signs of speculative chasing.
—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
Anthony scans me for a long moment.
—
Shyla Watson,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
Noun
Today that album scans as an interesting but uneven experiment; the music Shook is releasing under their own name hews much closer to the Lucinda-fronting-the-Replacements sound of the Disarmers.
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Brad Sanders,
Pitchfork,
26 June 2026
The scroll has been digitally unwrapped using a technique pioneered by Seales called Volume Cartographer, which takes scans of a 3D manuscript, layer by layer, and then effectively flattens these into 2D images that can then be read.
—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
26 June 2026
Regular scans will allow people to monitor their entire body for changes, which has the potential to alert individuals to early signs of chronic illness and disease.
—
New Atlas,
26 June 2026
However, before installing any of Hornsea 3’s equipment, construction crews conducted essential comprehensive safety scans of the area.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 June 2026
The firewall handles port scans and other internet attacks.
—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2026
Next Health’s most popular IV membership, at $299 a month, bundles two IV drips, two vitamin shots and monthly access to cryotherapy, infrared LED, hyperbaric oxygen and body composition scans, which is a useful benchmark for how the membership math actually works at a mid-tier clinic.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
The modern wellness industry, however, thrives on the idea that healthy aging requires constant, obsessive measurement and optimization through supplements, wearable devices, expensive scans, or influencers promising to unlock the secret to longevity.
—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Other scans showed tumors in his bones, lymph nodes, lungs and pancreas.
—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scans
Verb
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The company organizes thousands of AI agents into statistically representative populations—each agent assigned an age, an income, a zip code, a gender, among other things—and surveys them in place of human respondents.
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Sartori surveys the lagoon weekly by boat for signs of nesting, which would indicate a self-sustaining Venetian colony.
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Wallingford also testified that inspections are not a replacement for reporting infant deaths.
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The parliamentary media center noted that the parts cut out of the Tuesday night broadcast included discussion of United Nations nuclear inspections, the country's frozen financial assets, and a $300 billion reconstruction fund.
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Schedule system reviews quarterly and assign ownership, with one person responsible for auditing each system, flagging outdated steps and implementing improvements.
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She's being held on $50,000 bail as the District Attorney's Office reviews the case.
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Veterinarians conducting preliminary examinations determined many of the dogs died from gunshot wounds, according to Honsal.
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The students, who were taking their secondary school leaving examinations when they were attacked and abducted, are between 15 and 18 years old.
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Mathias Fuelling examines the impact of Vasily Grossman’s writing, in the Soviet Union and beyond.
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Commissioned in 2023, the Alameda County Reparations Commission’s report examines the historical and ongoing effects of racial discrimination against the Black population.
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Often, reviews take hours or days, audits take weeks or months, and access decisions are normally static.
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Under the settlement, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued an order releasing Trump from ongoing audits.
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The mission simulates a scenario in which a maneuverable satellite rapidly approaches and inspects another spacecraft that is not cooperating.
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Nida Wongphanlert inspects an amenity bag made from recycled materials at 137 Pillars Suites & Residences.
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Thisfinding was published early Friday from World Weather Attribution, a scientific network which analyzes the role of climate change in driving extreme weather events.
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The tool, developed by independent AI engineer Luke Geel, analyzes past results and players’ activity—from posture to blink rate—spotting connections that might be imperceptible to the average viewer but visible to top pros.
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