LOOKING OVER Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

looking over

verb

present participle of look over

as in glancing (at)

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scanning

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Worse, because the attacker now has data on email threads or company projects in progress, the phishing attack is even harder for a busy staffer (or executive) to flag as suspicious while scanning their inbox.

— Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
There are scanning systems, raster scanning systems, and there are spinning mirrors, and there are micro—there are MEMS devices.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of scanning

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