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askance

[uh-skans] / əˈskæns /


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The company has long looked askance at AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

For instance, if you took the standard deduction last year and itemized your deductions this year, the IRS would not look askance.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Such an approach is bound to be viewed askance by those expecting “Caste” to follow a classically prescribed narrative structure.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024

If there were any branch that would look askance at “Barbie” for being about a toy, it’s this one.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

She had looked askance at his new wealth, as though she did not understand a world in which a person could make so much so easily.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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