inspector
noun
in·spec·tor
in-ˈspek-tər 
1
: a person employed to inspect something
2
a
: a police officer who is in charge of usually several precincts and ranks below a superintendent or deputy superintendent
b
: a person appointed to oversee a polling place
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Federal inspectors cited the plant repeatedly after finding leftover meat on equipment, mold and mildew buildup, insects in and around deli meats and puddles of blood on the plant's floor.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2024
Federal inspectors found dozens of noncompliance issues at the Jarratt plant over a 12-month period ending on Aug. 2, according to FSIS records released last month.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
Some 2,000 drug-making firms haven’t had their operations inspected by federal regulators in years, as Food and Drug Administration inspectors leave the agency for better jobs in the private sector.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2024
But Republican and Progressive inspectors were successfully barricaded from the polling place.
—Sasha Issenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2024
Federal inspectors found dozens of noncompliance issues at the Jarratt plant over a 12-month period ending on Aug. 2, according to FSIS records released last month.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
Some 2,000 drug-making firms haven’t had their operations inspected by federal regulators in years, as Food and Drug Administration inspectors leave the agency for better jobs in the private sector.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2024
But Republican and Progressive inspectors were successfully barricaded from the polling place.
—Sasha Issenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
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inspector
noun
in·spec·tor
in-ˈspek-tər
1
: a person who makes inspections
meat inspector
2
: a police officer ranking just below a superintendent or deputy superintendent
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