scan
verb (used with object)
to glance at or over or read hastily.
have been scanning
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present perfect progressiveof scan.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Search aircraft from the U.S. and Canada have been scanning the surface, while sonar buoys have been pinging the depths in hopes of locating the lost submersible.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
For decades, scientists around the world have been scanning the sky, searching for potentially hazardous asteroids in the vicinity of Earth.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2022
Underwater drones equipped with cameras, sonar and lasers have been scanning 100 square miles of seafloor looking for the remains of the 144-foot wooden ship, which sank in 1915 after being crushed in ice.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022
Lasers have been scanning the site as each layer of history is peeled away, creating a 3D model of the eighth century so samples can be precisely located in the archaeological record.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 20, 2018
We have been scanning the papers and have obtained a considerable amount of information from them.
From Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Katherine Mary Barrow
