spot-check
verb
spot-checked; spot-checking; spot-checks
: to sample or investigate quickly or at random
: to make a spot check
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Another incident occurred in Lakeview one week before Halloween, when Border Patrol agents arrived to spot-check a home renovation project.
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Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The initiative lowers FilmLA’s main application fee from $931 to $350, reduces a neighborhood notification fee and waives the Los Angeles Fire Department’s $285 spot-check fee.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
Colorado’s health department and the Marijuana Enforcement Division will collect samples from dispensaries around the state in a one-time spot-check for contaminants or mislabeled potency.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
The shows are also spot-checked periodically.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Using better tests, researchers have spot-checked whether cosmetics are asbestos-laced.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 23 July 2025
Guenther, of the Florida Tomato Exchange, said that even though Mexican exporters are required to charge a minimum price, shipments are only spot-checked, so exporters can get around that.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2025
Managers should perform routine spot-checks to confirm standards are being followed.
—Jerry Dolinsky, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Inconsistent enforcement Ars' own spot-checks found that even this minimal level of jailbreaking wasn't always necessary to get around these kinds of topic restrictions.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
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Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The initiative lowers FilmLA’s main application fee from $931 to $350, reduces a neighborhood notification fee and waives the Los Angeles Fire Department’s $285 spot-check fee.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
Colorado’s health department and the Marijuana Enforcement Division will collect samples from dispensaries around the state in a one-time spot-check for contaminants or mislabeled potency.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
The shows are also spot-checked periodically.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Using better tests, researchers have spot-checked whether cosmetics are asbestos-laced.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 23 July 2025
Guenther, of the Florida Tomato Exchange, said that even though Mexican exporters are required to charge a minimum price, shipments are only spot-checked, so exporters can get around that.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2025
Managers should perform routine spot-checks to confirm standards are being followed.
—Jerry Dolinsky, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Inconsistent enforcement Ars' own spot-checks found that even this minimal level of jailbreaking wasn't always necessary to get around these kinds of topic restrictions.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Spot-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spot-check. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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