scanned

verb

past tense of scan
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 Authorities install a chip that is scanned by machines along federal highways. — Steve Fisher special Correspondent follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Researchers gathered 62 people who had never taken a psychedelic before, gave them 19 milligrams of psilocybin, a common psychedelic found in certain fungi, and scanned their brains. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026 These numbers may still go up a bit since there is still 37 percent that haven’t been scanned. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 As for the plane in question, this is a variant of the venerable F-16 and is a heavily modernized version featuring, among other features, APG-83 Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 GPTZero also scanned 300 of the roughly 20,000 submissions to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) and found more than 50 hallucinated citations. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Reporters from The Assembly and ProPublica scanned a state of North Carolina website that details how to file a notice of intent to open a private school. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026 He still gets scanned annually, but the infection never resurfaced. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Barcodes have been a retail stalwart for the last 50 years, on more than 1B products scanned billions of times a day across the globe. — HubSpot, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scanned
  1. examined
  2. reviewed
  3. surveyed
  4. inspected
  5. viewed
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  • The model examined the website, found a vulnerable script and used it to complete the calculation.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The report examined two scenarios involving a relatively smooth transition.
    — Sheena Rossiter, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of examined
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  • To report this story, the AJC reviewed business documents, court records, campaign finance reports and other public records related to Keisha Lance Bottoms and Alvin Kendall.
    — Thad Moore, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Skip to main content The best hotels in Maui, as reviewed by our editors and contributors.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of reviewed
Verb
  • Together, the findings suggest that the political changes following Maduro’s removal and Washington’s expanding economic relationship with Caracas have yet to produce improvements that many of those surveyed can recognize in their everyday lives.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Another recent Abacus poll found that 61% of the 1,021 eligible voters surveyed expect Albertans will vote again on separation, even if most choose to remain in Canada.
    — Christopher Guly, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of surveyed
Verb
  • Organizations need to understand where TLS is negotiated, terminated, inspected and reestablished.
    — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Management may have inspected an area without finding the condition later described by a resident.
    — Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of inspected
Verb
  • Still, Saudi Arabia has viewed attendance at the event, and general support for the Gulf during turbulent times, as a loyalty test for global business leaders.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • When viewed against the broader micro-mobility sector, the XPress Lite represents a serious challenge to competitors like Ride1Up and Aventon.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of viewed

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“Scanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scanned. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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