His eyes scanned the words.

Meaning: This sentence describes the man's eyes moving quickly and carefully across the words on the page.

Choice of Words: Eyes are the organs of sight. Scanned means to look at something quickly and carefully. Words are the smallest units of meaning in a language.

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