scanning
/ˈskænɪŋ/ noun B1- The act of something being scanned.
Plural scannings
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He spent several hours scanning faded newspaper clippings, hoping desperately to find concrete evidence that her aeronautical dreams had materialized.
Elias eagerly advanced the mechanical microfilm reader, his tired eyes scanning the digital reproductions of local broadsheets from nineteen thirty-one.
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