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

The conditions are subpar: Scanners sputter, forcing workers to enter data by hand, staplers are scarce and piles of tax documents overflow from carts.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022

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

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan