Noun : A spot check showed that at least ten percent of the items were defective. From Dictionary.com.
Officials use the raw precinct data to spot-check accuracy. From Wordnik.com. [Activists Find More E-Vote Flaws] Reference
Testing of schools should not be a planned event but a spot-check. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I catch the fat man looking at me, a quick spot-check glance between rivals. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: A Spy by Nature by Charles Cumming] Reference
Secret shoppers spot-check the venues to make sure the stamps are being used. From Wordnik.com. [Ads That Stay With You] Reference
Sometimes, alertness triggers a corner of the attention to make a "spot-check.". From Wordnik.com. [Mahamudra and the Four Noble Truths ��� 3 Application to Mahamudra Practice] Reference
Dey had tu spot a spotter to spot-check teh spotter post for spotting onto teh payge. From Wordnik.com. [CHEERLEADING PRACTICE - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Just spot-check the number of hits google news has for it, that shows it has legs for a day or two more. From Wordnik.com. [Pennsylvania Polls Don't Show Any Major "Small Town" Effect] Reference
It's not unusual for call-center companies to record and spot-check agents 'calls by listening in now and then. From Wordnik.com. [Work at Home?] Reference
No law requires the paper trail to be counted completely (for example, New York law requires only 3% spot-check). From Wordnik.com. [ACTION ALERT! Amend HR811--contact your members of Congress ASAP] Reference
That question also prompted our technicians to spot-check the water from the seven coffeemakers for residual chemicals. From Wordnik.com. [Inside CR Test Labs: Coffeemakers] Reference
A spot-check last week showed a readout of 8.3 trillion -- or more precisely 8,310,200,545,702 -- dollars ... and counting. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: US debt clock running out of time, space] Reference
A spot-check of 20 stores showed that donations in July and August fell 5% to 20% over the same period last year, she says. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Donors feel fiscal squeeze] Reference
But what are they going to do, have monitors in people's homes, have people spot-check people at home, have a visit from the CEO?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2005] Reference
When inspectors show up, they often spot-check paperwork produced by private companies, which the Coast Guard refers to as "stakeholders.". From Wordnik.com. [Oil spill shows difficulty the Coast Guard faces as it balances traditional tasks with post-9/11 missions] Reference
Chelsey Perkins, a recent college graduate who aspires to be a journalist, volunteered to spot-check all Minnesota projects in our sample. From Wordnik.com. [Our Stimulus Spot Check: Summer Wave of Projects Nears Crest] Reference
I also anticipate difficulty in getting laws or regulations that require statistically significant audits rather than a flat 3% spot-check. From Wordnik.com. [Op-scan demos in NYC start today 2/17] Reference
Perhaps a random spot-check by a lawful security agency?. From Wordnik.com. [danblacharski's blog] Reference
The reporting was also used to spot-check the scanned database. From Wordnik.com. [Poynter Online] Reference
INSPECTORS were confronted with filthy wards during a spot-check at. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A project contractor confirmed she could "spot-check" Bessell's work. From Wordnik.com. [ContractorUK.com] Reference
They spot-check and, for example, look out for a home that increased in value by. From Wordnik.com. [azcentral.com | news] Reference
Actually, I did a spot-check and found that NYS Senator Diane Savino got left out. From Wordnik.com. [ClickZ News] Reference
Both men knew other Corrections Department officials would spot-check the food deals. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Masimo granted FDA clearance for Pronto-7 noninvasive hemoglobin spot-check testing device. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
But then the safety agency conducts some tests of its own as a way to spot-check the results. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Bill Donne, who chairs Reading PubWatch, described the spot-check results as "very disappointing". From Wordnik.com. [getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed] Reference
"We just had a spot-check by the Ministry of Labour in November and we passed with flying colours.". From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
An independent organization would spot-check ore and reject any that isn't in the approved database. From Wordnik.com. [MobileActive.org - A global network of people using mobile technology for social impact.] Reference
Baldry called on police and local authorities to regularly spot-check scrap metal yards and inspect registers. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
Masimo has announced the limited worldwide release of its Pronto-7 hand-held device for spot-check testing of Hgb in. From Wordnik.com. [Medgadget] Reference
"The goal is to spot-check us, and also to look at some of the local video that doesn't go through CMC," Higgins said. From Wordnik.com. [Multichannel News: Business News] Reference
Wildlife officials could use that technology to spot-check fish markets, and fine people who are selling protected species. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
The DOE can spot-check products, but it mainly relies on companies to test rivals 'wares and to complain if something looks fishy. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll] Reference
For added bonus points, offer to help spot-check the next piece they care to write, or point them in the way of some better resources. From Wordnik.com. [Dissociated Press] Reference
After getting a probable bogus 185 / 110 blood pressure reading on a spot-check during a visit to Nazi Mental Health, I went and obtained a. From Wordnik.com. [Indymedia Ireland] Reference
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