scraping
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Chair Dame Karen Bradley said it felt to the committee police were "scraping" to find a reason to justify the ban.
From BBC
Past audits have usually found that the traders behind the suspicious activity weren’t true insiders, but instead obtained information via legal means, such as scraping websites for clues of a coming announcement, the person added.
The scratching alerts us to what will be increasingly vigorous attacks on the canvas surface—scraping, rubbing, incising fine lines—emphasizing the character of her paintings as objects, rather than representations.
In Hollywood, there’s an old joke among wannabe actors scraping by doing odd jobs between auditions: “Well, right now I’m parking cars, but what I really want to do is direct!”
From Salon
Media organizations are suing AI companies for allegedly scraping their content to power large-language models without compensation, while others have forged content deals.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
