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Recent Examples of askance But Blue Thunder is still early enough in the cycle to look askance at its titular sweet ride. Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2020 Anyone who transgresses that norm by refusing to follow traditional gender stereotypes is viewed askance and, in small and large ways, treated as an outcast. Max De Haldevang, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2019 Even beneficiaries of the increase look at it askance. Robert O'Connell, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2019 As regulators look increasingly askance at Big Tech, the very notion of blitzscaling raises competition and other concerns, which will make public investors yet more queasy. The Economist, 28 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for askance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for askance
Adverb
  • When news breaks of developments in the war, the coordination between the media is clear and suspiciously similar.
    Uriel Kon September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Those wedding bells sound suspiciously like a Taylor Swift song.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Thrown into the mix are shady Middle Eastern arms dealers, equally shady CIA operatives and various plots that lead to a bombing at a US military base and a raid on an ISIS stronghold that goes sideways.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • However, beneath the surface lies a hidden world of swirling currents, where grains sneak sideways or loop in circles instead of following the obvious flow.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Carolyn responds incredulously while showing a sign of disgust on her face.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Askance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/askance. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

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