spot-check
verb
spot-checked; spot-checking; spot-checks
: to sample or investigate quickly or at random
: to make a spot check
Examples of spot-check in a Sentence
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That guardianship is alarmingly provisional; their apartment is often spot-checked by sour social workers, keen to find sufficient fault with Tomáš’ parenting to tidy Pavel away into an orphanage.
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
There are not enough crews to do more than spot-check all the lines.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
In many of the countries China has targeted, governments lack the finances, the coast guard vessels or the political will to board and spot-check fishing ships and enforce the law.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
The e-commerce giant denied the reports, but said employees in India do spot-check the camera data.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 July 2024
One coin manufacturer, Carl Morgan, spot-checks a quarter that debuted this year featuring Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color elected to Congress.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2024
Finally, a full-time, permanent staff member is responsible for spot-checking ballots in every ward of the initial batch to ensure everything within the absentee packet is complete and accurate, Woodall said.
—Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
Unlike the initial phase of RPM, which primarily utilized simple spot-check instruments, acute RPM relies on continuous monitoring through sensors that provide a more intricate and detailed picture of a patient's health.
—Jiang Li, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
At some police departments, including Philadelphia’s, policy expressly bars disciplining officers based on spot-check reviews of video.
—Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 2 Feb. 2024
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
There are not enough crews to do more than spot-check all the lines.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
In many of the countries China has targeted, governments lack the finances, the coast guard vessels or the political will to board and spot-check fishing ships and enforce the law.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
The e-commerce giant denied the reports, but said employees in India do spot-check the camera data.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 July 2024
One coin manufacturer, Carl Morgan, spot-checks a quarter that debuted this year featuring Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color elected to Congress.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2024
Finally, a full-time, permanent staff member is responsible for spot-checking ballots in every ward of the initial batch to ensure everything within the absentee packet is complete and accurate, Woodall said.
—Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
Unlike the initial phase of RPM, which primarily utilized simple spot-check instruments, acute RPM relies on continuous monitoring through sensors that provide a more intricate and detailed picture of a patient's health.
—Jiang Li, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
At some police departments, including Philadelphia’s, policy expressly bars disciplining officers based on spot-check reviews of video.
—Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Spot-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spot-check. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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