- present participle of survey.
surveying
Example Sentences
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It does this by surveying Americans once a year on how much of their spending goes to food, rent, entertainment and other categories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
"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
Butterfly Conservation says it recognises the significance of the discovery and is now promoting UV surveying for hairstreaks nationwide.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
She cupped the medicine bottle in her palms, surveying the creature within.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
