Example Sentences

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Scanners tethered to a smartphone help them find the packages on long rows of shelves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Scanners read the QR code to tabulate ballots.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024

While the real “video nasties” list contained gems like Argento’s Suspiria and Cronenberg’s Scanners, Censor is more concerned with its deluge of tawdry, no-budget projects that traded on pure shock.

From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2021

Scanners never run continuously: Paper fibers shed from the ballots form lint that must be periodically blown out.

From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2020

Scanners at checkout counters read the bar codes and add up 'jour bill.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan