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scrutinize

[skroot-n-ahyz] / ˈskrut nˌaɪz /


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The platform, which has millions of users, is particularly popular among kids, which has prompted regulators to scrutinize its safety.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

However, you live in a state where judges heavily scrutinize non-compete agreements, making them harder to enforce.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

During that time, people from every corner of the world online seemed to take every opportunity to scrutinize every contour of her frail frame.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

All week long, we scrutinize our lives and work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

His eyes scrutinize the layout, memorizing the location of every stagehand and prop, not wanting anything to get in the way of his exit.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

“Eddington” scrutinizes our national psyche so intensely that it makes folks itchy.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

After the exam, an analyst scrutinizes the results and decides whether or not they indicate deception or are inconclusive.

From Salon Nov. 18, 2025

She scrutinizes every element of her tour looking for ways to be more environmentally conscious.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

Now, she is moving again—this time into the House of Lords, the United Kingdom’s unelected upper legislative chamber that scrutinizes, amends, and approves proposed legislation.

From Science Magazine May 10, 2024

He scrutinizes me for what feels like a very long time.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

The financial manipulations that undergirded their fortunes get scrutinized as theft from the public purse, praise for their courage and perspicacity yields to condemnation for their conduct.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

A group of former nonproliferation officials from Republican as well as Democrat administrations have urged that any classified side agreements be made public so that the deal can be more carefully scrutinized.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Her influence was so vast she has even been proposed as a field of academic study, and scrutinized in the 2018 academic study from Leigh H. Edwards, “Dolly Parton, Gender, and Country Music.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Harry and Meghan’s U.K. return comes as British and American press are being scrutinized for their skewed coverage of Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor in Cambridge history.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

To try to put them on their best behavior, he told his subjects that their performance would be scrutinized later by a classmate.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Ultimately, by scrutinizing price ranges and volume, investors can glean how institutional investors feel about a stock’s prospects.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

The measure would also bring drones under the arms restriction regime and increase the number of experts scrutinizing the existing embargo.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

The food-safety scare has arrived as chains throw more discounts at consumers who are scrutinizing their budgets more carefully due to higher costs of living.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Hilleman said the backing from Mitsui and Berkshire made him especially confident that ThreeW was the right project because of their financial might—particularly as he knew players would be scrutinizing the arrangement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Dumbledore moved carefully into the middle of the room, scrutinizing the wreckage at his feet.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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