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inspect

[in-spekt] / ɪnˈspɛkt /


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The disaster prompted major international efforts to improve workplace standards, including an agreement between global clothing brands and trade unions to inspect factories and enforce safety measures.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

The plant is highly automated, but workers still have to remove items that cannot be processed and regularly inspect waste to check what is being sent for recycling.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Lithium fluoride crystals eliminate that step, allowing researchers to inspect the tracks directly with a standard fluorescence microscope.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Of the three shop-floor technicians who handle and inspect samples, one has an associate degree, and another spent some time in college.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

He squirmed out of the boy’s arms to inspect his human more carefully, alarmed that he could have failed to notice an injury, although his sense of smell was never wrong.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

And Oracle independently inspects and verifies every piece of the application’s source code and each software update.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Adalberto Maypora, a well-known character around town, inspects his fishing boat on a deserted beach nestled between cliffs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Estyn in Wales and the body that inspects Church of England schools and academies have also both moved away from a single grade approach.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

She trains them to stand stock-still when a judge inspects them nose to tail, or trot in a circle without getting distracted by the crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

The company has fallen in, Mittelstaedt stands them at ease and inspects.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

He spoke with members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force as he inspected a guard of honour on the runway.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Our responsibility would be to make sure that any new track is inspected and safe for operations,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Arkansas Department of Education does not regulate private schools once they’re open, and no one from the state inspected the Arkansas Times newsroom, the location we chose for our school.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

There they inspected the Declaration of Independence, which marks its 250th anniversary this year and which set out the path for American independence from the "tyrant" British king.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

That Sunday after the maids went off to early mass, my mother inspected their quarters while my father kept watch by a window.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

In addition to staying ahead of the curve with its products, Lumentum is undergoing a major effort to use AI inside the company—from inspecting its manufacturing lines to analyzing its supply chain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

City crews have also been clearing more than 31,000 catch basins and drainage systems and inspecting and reinforcing vulnerable hillsides and burn areas, including Pacific Palisades, Bass said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Researchers inspecting an object that some thought could have been the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane on a remote Pacific island say it is likely to be washed up trees.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

An AFP journalist at the scene saw a large emergency services presence and officials inspecting a patch of blood in Times Square, a typically bustling hotspot for tourists.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

“For someone of your tender years, I suppose it is,” he mused, while inspecting the jar.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly


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