spot-check
verb
spot-checked; spot-checking; spot-checks
: to sample or investigate quickly or at random
: to make a spot check
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The shows are also spot-checked periodically.
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Using better tests, researchers have spot-checked whether cosmetics are asbestos-laced.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 23 July 2025
Guenther, of the Florida Tomato Exchange, said that even though Mexican exporters are required to charge a minimum price, shipments are only spot-checked, so exporters can get around that.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2025
Managers should perform routine spot-checks to confirm standards are being followed.
—Jerry Dolinsky, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Inconsistent enforcement Ars' own spot-checks found that even this minimal level of jailbreaking wasn't always necessary to get around these kinds of topic restrictions.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
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.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Using better tests, researchers have spot-checked whether cosmetics are asbestos-laced.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 23 July 2025
Guenther, of the Florida Tomato Exchange, said that even though Mexican exporters are required to charge a minimum price, shipments are only spot-checked, so exporters can get around that.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2025
Managers should perform routine spot-checks to confirm standards are being followed.
—Jerry Dolinsky, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Inconsistent enforcement Ars' own spot-checks found that even this minimal level of jailbreaking wasn't always necessary to get around these kinds of topic restrictions.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
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.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Spot-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spot-check. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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