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scanner

[skan-er] / ˈskæn ər /
NOUN
optical character recognition
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He uses a 3D scanner to assess his patients' teeth, and can see the wear over time.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

While Hitchcock required use of a fake-ID scanner, he said that he couldn’t control all of his employees and that the bouncer who let in patrons with fake IDs was fired.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Police scanner audio obtained by news outlets showed emergency responders arriving at Graham’s Capitol Hill home on Saturday around 8:30 p.m. for a report of chest pains; CPR was underway roughly 25 minutes later.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

NBC News reported that emergency services responded to a call for "cardiac arrest" at Graham's Capitol Hill home on Saturday night, according to police scanner audio obtained by NBC and other outlets.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

Instead, he runs a scanner over the hill’s surface until it beeps.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Now, you’re probably thinking, wait a minute, I can already do that at more and more airports with those new CT bag scanners and don’t have PreCheck.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 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  UK has constantly been scrimping and saving… we are low on scanners, low on everything, way behind everybody else," he says.

From BBC Jul. 12, 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

Straight ahead curved a sparkling archway that reminded Aru of the body scanners at airports.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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