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scanning

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Present participle of scan

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And if you're thinking it is all rather innocent and not objectification, consider that some (almost without exception) middle-aged, male director is sitting in a control room somewhere, scanning shots of the crowd, until he chances upon one and thinks "Phwoar!

I can sense her brain working, scanning the sentence for clues.

Our director's masterstroke for Merchant was a mime sequence to open the play - Bassanio striding on to gaze at Portia's portrait, Shylock jangling a money pouch from a balcony window, Antonio scanning the horizon with a telescope for his fleet of ships - each character miming a silent vignette of their forthcoming journey through the play, all to a tape of olde worlde crumhorn music.

By scanning tweets with the words "Jenner" and "he", the bot sends a message to the user alerting them to their mistake.

At the front sat a bulky security guard, his eyes scanning the crowd.

Two players compete in the game displayed on a huge screen, while 10 others control and customise the experience by pressing game-altering buttons and switches and even scanning in their original drawings, which then appear as enemies in the game.

And so, as you munch on your cereal this morning, scanning the coverage of the SDLP's demise, be afraid Pat, be very afraid.

"The left side of my brain is basically scanning the audience.

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Wise (or Wireless Interactive Scanning Examinations) also scans, grades and scores quizzes on your mobile.

The former I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! contestant, whose restaurant business has been hit by the recession, was caught while using a self-scanning till on Friday, 6 January.

This is a derivative of testosterone that is found in men's sweat and is known, from brain-scanning studies, to promote activity in parts of women's brains.

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