scan
Example Sentences
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Still more people have been surveilled and captured in DHS databases, with federal agents in some cases holding cellphones inches from their faces to scan their features, or else taking pictures of their license plates.
From Salon
The first time they use the new system, people from most non-EU countries will have to register biometric information while having their passport scanned.
From BBC
When Tim struck up a conversation with the Transportation Security Administration agent who reviewed his ID, the agent told him that he had scanned Sam’s information that day.
She sent me to the emergency room for a CT scan of my chest to make sure it wasn’t serious, a decision that finally brought some answers.
During each experiment, they received a functional MRI scan to help the researchers track the movement of fluid out of the brain.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
