as in examined
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
scanned the manuscript carefully for any overlooked errors
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Recent Examples of scanned
Yet this is also the same company that ripped the spine off millions of books, scanned their pages, and fed the text into Claude’s training data.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
In August last year, McGrath scanned Ralph's brain using an MRI machine.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Gracey’s father flew to Barcelona, where city police patrolled the streets and scanned the nearby beach for signs of the 20-year-old.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
Anthropic, it was revealed, pirated millions of digital books to train its Claude chatbot and scanned and shredded millions of more physical ones.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
Bomb squad members scanned both bags with an X-ray and found the white bag contained wiring characteristic of an explosive device, according to the complaint.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Once the cube is scanned and its pattern is identified, the robot calculates the fastest solution using programmed algorithms.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026
Surveillance video and transaction data documented 392 items that were not scanned, with 369 confirmed on CCTV footage.
—Skyler Shepard, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
In many states, customers’ driver’s licenses are scanned and stored upon entry.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
In August last year, McGrath scanned Ralph's brain using an MRI machine.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Gracey’s father flew to Barcelona, where city police patrolled the streets and scanned the nearby beach for signs of the 20-year-old.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
Anthropic, it was revealed, pirated millions of digital books to train its Claude chatbot and scanned and shredded millions of more physical ones.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
Bomb squad members scanned both bags with an X-ray and found the white bag contained wiring characteristic of an explosive device, according to the complaint.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Once the cube is scanned and its pattern is identified, the robot calculates the fastest solution using programmed algorithms.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026
Surveillance video and transaction data documented 392 items that were not scanned, with 369 confirmed on CCTV footage.
—Skyler Shepard, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
In many states, customers’ driver’s licenses are scanned and stored upon entry.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scanned
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Another, by the Agency for Health Care Administration, examined whether the Flagami house where Rabell lived was an unlicensed elder care facility.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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OrbDoc, a health care technology company that uses artificial intelligence to create tools for clinicians, performed an analysis for NBC News that examined what hospitals charge uninsured patients for particular procedures compared with what Medicare pays.—
Gretchen Morgenson,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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During his visit, Willick had gone to the site of the attack and surveyed the ruins, which were strewn with children’s drawings and broken crayons.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Armstrong was surveyed and platted in 1871 by a representative of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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Because of the lack of local oversight, the Esparto operation, which sat on land owned by multiple Yolo County Sheriff's Office employees, was never properly inspected or regulated.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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These breeders are licensed and inspected by the USDA and typically have additional licensing and inspection requirements at the state level, as well.—
Ed Sayres,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2026
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At the time of its passage, section 117c was viewed as a way for San Diego to climb out of a deep financial hole caused by the city overpromising and underfunding pension benefits.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Even with the new price increases, Netflix will still have a sector-low revenue/hour viewed metric (call it in the 50-cents-per-hour range).—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Scanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scanned. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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