scanner
noun
a person or thing that scans.
scanners
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pluralof scanner.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Zebra Technologies, which makes bar code scanners and printers, concluded in the second quarter that it was likely to get a refund of all $73 million in past tariff payments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
More police forces are adopting A.I. facial scanners; the tech is being piloted in schools, buses, and stores as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
"The UK has constantly been scrimping and saving… we are low on scanners, low on everything, way behind everybody else," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Yet even with today's advanced scanners, producing clear images of some areas remains difficult.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Toward the end of the twentieth century, scientists will invent brain scanners that can "image" the electrical and chemical activity inside a living brain.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
