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[skan] / skæn /


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Fremantle, producer of the now-defunct Australian TV soap opera, has partnered with US-based RoseBerry Media for the project that will use AI to "scan decades of episodes" to help make short vertical videos.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

In response to the migrant crisis in the Spanish territory of Ceuta this year, the proposal also envisages a "quick reaction force" and a new monitoring centre to scan social media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The approach is similar in principle to a medical CT scan, except that it maps atomic structures rather than tissues and organs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

They also discovered that Jett was scheduled for a CT scan on Jan. 19, 2024, but never showed up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

My eyes scan the scenery: never-ending trees, massive boulders, fallen logs.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

To get an official referral for the clinical vaccine trial, Teddy's family had to send a urine sample, get a bone marrow aspirate, and for his scans to declare "no active disease".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Jarden says Integral has reset expectations in light of doctor shortages, wage increases, site closures, FX headwinds, in-housing of CT scans by New Zealand’s Health Board and increased competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The reason, he said, is because Moderna has proprietary software that scans a tumor’s DNA and picks up to 34 mutations for the vaccine to target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

To evaluate the system, the researchers examined abdominal CT scans from 219 patients treated at multiple hospitals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

She pauses, leaning against the door as she scans the paper.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Lady Shep-En-Hor has never been removed from the coffin, but has been X-rayed and CT scanned in the last 50 years.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The report then scanned this across differences in NCD burden, prevention and care -- by age, gender, economic status, education, place of residence, disability status, employment and migration status.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 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.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

We headed for the United Club but when I scanned my boarding pass at the e-gate it didn’t let me through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Cecil, the headwaiter, scanned up and down the yardsticks for somewhere to seat us.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

The readers, which are typically mounted on patrol vehicles or light poles, work by continuously scanning license plates and checking them against vast databases of cars wanted in connection with crimes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

A volunteer guard stood watch from within, peering out into the parking lot, scanning for activity, opening the door just one body’s width to let people slide in, or out, as needed.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

To investigate, the team used scanning 3D X-ray diffraction, a sophisticated imaging method that reveals how atoms are arranged deep within a crystal.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Lidar, for instance, is a scanning technique that employs lasers to detect hidden topological features.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

He dutifully took his seat in the auditorium, as though he were at the Academy Awards of chess, scanning the stage “wide-eyed with amazement,” as Nigro noted.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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