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[skan] / skæn /


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The process, guided by the app, is relatively straightforward: fill the test with saliva by sucking on it for 60 seconds, wait 20 minutes, scan the test, get results.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

A visit includes a scan, labs and other diagnostics.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Prosecutors have said Linton was pretending to seize during the tests, noting the scan itself did not show brain activity consistent with an epileptic episode during the moments when she was physically reacting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

LaManna used the center's laboratory X-ray source to produce a three-dimensional CT scan of the burned scroll.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Not to mention our wands run outta magic after a while, then we can’t scan nothing.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Full-body scans have also faced criticism from some healthcare professionals, who warn that the technology risks false positives, overdiagnoses, and unnecessary testing and anxiety.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

According to Neko, the average age of someone who gets these scans is 46, a time of life in which making changes can be the most meaningful for your health.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Sofie makes tracer agents that are injected into patients during PET scans, which help create images of tumors or other hidden parts of the body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Among its findings was that 26% of smokers quit between scans.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

He turns his head and scans the audience.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Reporters from The Assembly and ProPublica scanned a state of North Carolina website that details how to file a notice of intent to open a private school.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

To investigate the process, the researchers scanned DNA samples with atomic force microscopy, a technique capable of mapping surfaces at extremely small scales.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

“It was systematic. They entered the depots and stole everything they could,” said Umaima Abdul-Rahman Al-Sanusi, one of the museum’s curators, as her eyes scanned a shattered display case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The 66-year-old scanned a QR code on the advert, using an app he had downloaded.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

She felt something worse than bad after she’d scanned up and down the menu several times, feeling as if everybody behind her was impatient, even though nobody was yelling at her to move.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Using scanning tunneling microscopy, the team identified CDWs in the material.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s vice president of media partnerships, testified in the lawsuit that he wasn’t aware of OpenAI’s purchasing books at scale and scanning them for training purposes, according to the filing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The team used single-cell sequencing, advanced image analysis and high-resolution 3D X-ray scanning to build a detailed map of human finger joints as they developed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

The map was made by cutting the fly brain into 66 pieces, each of which was imaged by repeated rounds of scanning.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

As we hike, Pua and the guys keep scanning the ground for mōlī.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila




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