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scrutiny

[skroot-n-ee] / ˈskrut n i /


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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

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

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

“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




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