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spot check

noun

a random sampling or quick sample investigation:
A spot check showed that at least ten percent of the items were defective.

spot-check

[ spot-chek ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

spot check

First recorded in 1940–45

First recorded in 1940–45

The midseason, haphazard spot checks are messy, but the team thinks messy is kind of OK.

They also noted that other Australian states had police do spot checks of people who were supposed to be in isolation.

From Vox

I suspect it might not be as severe as many may think if they did spot checks, mainly because I was seeing different results each time I checked.

The initial spot check notwithstanding, maybe there was something disturbingly wrong with this planet.

And there were over ten thousand randomized cards in that spot check.

A spot check of newspapers in Philadelphia and New York reveals a pattern quite similar.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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