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Example Sentences

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Police called about a week after his report, notifying him that his Cadillac was spotted by license plate scanners in Compton and directed him to a tow yard where it was stored.

From Los Angeles Times

Together, these methods acted like ultra-high-resolution "chemical CT scanners" and "mass spectrometers" for the microscopic world.

From Science Daily

"In the scanner we got a really interesting pattern of activation," says Prof Scott.

From BBC

Lying on your back in a big hospital scanner, as still as you can, with your arms above your head – for 45 minutes.

From BBC

Among the latter is one based on the museum’s holdings that used a handheld scanner to copy items in its collection and that blurs the lines between original objects and reproductions.

From The Wall Street Journal