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scanner

[skan-er] / ˈskæn ər /
NOUN
optical character recognition
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As tissues respond to those signals, the scanner collects the information needed to generate an image.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

Barzar put his comfortable black Hoka sneakers to good use as he rapidly circled the bank of self-checkout registers with a scanner gun in hand.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

On Wednesday evening, the company unveiled a new Midjourney Medical division featuring its first hardware product, the Midjourney scanner.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

“The market was braced for SJM to deliver a top-line miss given recent scanner data,” wrote BNP Paribas analyst Max Gumport in a research note Tuesday.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

Mr. Patterson shook his head and pointed to the police scanner.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Hynix in its exchange filing said funds could be used to purchase highly advanced equipment such as ASML’s extreme ultraviolet scanners, which can cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Midjourney founder David Holz is aiming for a fleet of 50,000 scanners running 1 billion scans a month by 2031, starting with an in-person spa location in San Francisco by the end of 2027.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

Authorities rely on an electronic arsenal of radio frequency scanners, radars, and listening and optical devices and jammers, as well as their own set of drones, to track down drone operators below.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Unlike standard CT scanners, micro-CT systems can capture extremely small anatomical structures measured in microns -- smaller than the width of a human hair.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

Toward the end of the twentieth century, scientists will invent brain scanners that can "image" the electrical and chemical activity inside a living brain.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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