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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of inspect.

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Examples

  • THD: And now you can even get more sophisticated because economists would do what they call inspected value calculation to compute some probability.

    Ron Dembo: Resilience and Civilization 2008

  • [1] A few articles claim that Dr. Borescopes are used for inspection work where the area to be inspected is inaccessible by other means.

    Think Progress » The FBI acknowledged 2006

  • Having cargo come into the United States basically NOT inspected is outrageous!

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 27, 2006 2006

  • ALEC FRAS.R, U.S. NAVY (RET.): Well, aside from the fact that the supplies are all being inspected, which is a major difference over supplies coming into the United S.ates, it's almost impossible to supply bananas, oranges, meats, fuel on a global basis from one central location.

    CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2006 2006

  • Call inspected them carefully, inch by inch, to see if there were any weak spots in the rawhide.

    Dead Man’s Walk Larry McMurtry 1995

  • Call inspected them carefully, inch by inch, to see if there were any weak spots in the rawhide.

    The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

  • "I think if the world is in agreement that we are all going to monitor and then attempt to compliantly board and attempt to then direct those ships into a port where they can then be inspected, that is real progress," he said.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

  • "I think if the world is in agreement that we are all going to monitor and then attempt to compliantly board and attempt to then direct those ships into a port where they can then be inspected, that is real progress," he said.

    SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines 2009

  • When bottled-water plants are inspected, which is really infrequently -- the FDA has like one inspector or just a few to do hundreds and hundreds of plants, and so they get visited every one to five years -- the results aren't made public.

    The Nation: Top Stories 2008

  • Land O'Lakes "inspected" the Pennsylvania farm as recently as June 2009 and merely noted that there were areas -- including the milking parlor walls -- in need of cleaning; it approved the facility nonetheless.

    New investigation reveals dairy's dark side 2009

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