scan
B1Frequent NGSL-3UK /skæn/US /skæn/
Meaning
verb
to look quickly but not very carefully at a document, etc.
“scan something for something, I scanned the list quickly for my name.”
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“I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas.”
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“And to test this, I found an MRI lab that actually let me scan both my brain and the brain of a proven non-procrastinator, so I could compare them.”
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