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scanner

[skan-er] / ˈskæn ər /
NOUN
optical character recognition
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Using a hand-held X-ray fluorescence scanner, Packard-Grams found that some of those documents contain ink with lead and/or copper.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

I’ve been seeing a steady drip of people sharing photos and videos of themselves on social media in butter-yellow bathrobes standing on a cylindrical 360-degree body scanner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He said that risked the "deterioration and damage" of an MRI scanner, which cost about £10m.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

In a social media post, he said he decided to dive and investigate after seeing something that appeared to be a large rock on his scanner.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

The TSA agent at the scanner yawned and stretched so hard, I thought the buttons would pop off his uniform and fly everywhere.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Chaves maintained close ties to the U.S., successfully lobbying the Biden administration for high-tech antidrug scanners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

More police forces are adopting A.I. facial scanners; the tech is being piloted in schools, buses, and stores as well.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

The latter is usually responsible for security at airports in the United States, with fans and media having to go through airport security-style scanners.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Yet even with today's advanced scanners, producing clear images of some areas remains difficult.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

As the subjects used the video game, the researchers studied their performance with behavioral tests, and used eye scanners and captured the electrical activity in their brain with EEG.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel


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