scrutiny
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He also apologized to his wife for actions that subjected her to scrutiny and embarrassment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Two days later, Grande's publicist announced her "step back from visibility", due to "endless, ongoing public scrutiny".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Supervision would be confidential, giving companies the ability to adjust their operations without public scrutiny.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
Calling something an estimate doesn’t shield a company from scrutiny either.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Why?” she demanded, but now, under her cool scrutiny, no one responded.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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In the late 1920s, his close analysis of a Shakespeare sonnet impressed Critic William Empson and led, indirectly, to the textual scrutinies of the New Criticism of the 1940s and '50s.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Tellingly, Maritain notes what too many U.S. literary critics have ignored: that "American literature, in its most objective scrutinies, has been preoccupied with the beyond and the nameless which haunt our blood."
From Time Magazine Archive
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“I thank you, madam,” said “Buffalo” Westabrook, bending on her one of his piercing scrutinies.
From Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore
Nevertheless, it was not without much difficulty, and after many supplemental scrutinies and inquisitions from a board of officers before whom he was subsequently brought, that our wanderer was finally permitted to quit the cliff.
From Israel Potter by Herman Melville
These gloomy sacrifices sap our strength; And henceforth from your wizard scrutinies I charge you to forbear.
From Tecumseh : a Drama by Charles Mair
Vocabulary lists containing scrutiny
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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