resurvey
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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resurveys
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The ant was found during an expedition to Siang valley in Arunachal Pradesh to resurvey its biodiversity after the century-old 'Abhor expedition'.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
Chapman’s 1917 book, “The Distribution of Bird-Life in Colombia,” has been an especially important reference for the country’s ornithologists, virtually all of whom have participated in the resurvey project in some form or another.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
It said an investigation was carried out and additional work to "resurvey trees" by key enclosures was under way.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2021
But we are pretending that we need to resurvey them because, who knows, maybe they got stronger in the past 25 years.’’
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2020
His narrow, gray glance slowly roved from the height of lava down along the slope, paused in doubt, and then swept on to resurvey the whole vast eastern dip of the plateau.
From Desert Gold by Zane Grey
During the resurveys, Wiens' group found that about half of the lizard populations at lower elevations had disappeared.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
Forest Service each decade resurveys thousands of one-acre plots, checking the diameter and height of trees and looking for portents of new growth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Crane made careful resurveys of the route—omitting Pulaski this time; to the very great distress of that village—and estimated the complete cost of the road at about $1,250,000.
From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Edward Hungerford
As a remedy for this condition of affairs, Mr. Julian recommends resurveys of all grants about which there is any doubt, and the entering of suits to set aside patents obtained by fraud.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
But these various laws did not prevent "contentious suites" from arising because of defective surveys when the lines were first run or because the restriction against resurveys did not resolve the boundary disputes.
From Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 by Walter Stitt Robinson
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