spot check
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When the special master overseeing a city court-ordered agreement to provide thousands of homeless shelter beds made a spot check at a South Los Angeles shelter she was disappointed in what she found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
Later in 2021, an unconnected spot check revealed an item was missing and the museum began to uncover how many items had been taken or damaged.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
But a spot check of candy displays in multiple states __ including California, Virginia and Washington __ found no such signs.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
But without some reliance on automated methods, “You either have to spot check randomly, or you use your own human prejudice to choose what to check. And that’s not generally very fair.”
From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2023
Rick hadn't known about the spot check, but it made sense.
From The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
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