- present participle of survey.
surveying
Example Sentences
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Yet he produces a fresh Arendt: less a lone intelligence surveying the 20th century’s catastrophes from above than a participant in its battered institutions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Operating above Earth's atmosphere, Euclid avoids the infrared glow that limits ground based observations while surveying enormous portions of the sky at remarkable depth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 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
However security is handled, there will be no ICE officers surveying the crowd with facial-recognition software and abducting people for unstated reasons.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
By the time the boys reached the top, she was already surveying the area with her spyglass.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
