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surveying

[ser-vey-ing] / sərˈveɪ ɪŋ /








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The scheme, alongside others including Nuclear Waste Services and Cumbria Wildlife Trust, will involve surveying the county's sand dune habitats which, like those in the rest of the country, have been historically degraded.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

This image is part of a Hubble Treasury program that is surveying approximately half of the Milky Way's known globular clusters.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

Thanks to their late father’s surveying compass, however, George gains an important skill in charting the land.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

"When I opened it in the seventies, I was still a young man... now nothing is left," he said, leaning heavily on a walking stick and surveying the vast destruction.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

“Have you thought anymore about studying surveying with me someday?”

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier




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