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also askant
as in suspiciously
with distrust
we looked askance at the dealer's assertion that the car had never been in an accident
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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.
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Max De Haldevang, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2019
Wisconsinites might look askance at the pie that uses sweet instead of sour cherries, but the bars, Bundt cakes, cookies and other sweets and savories in this book feed the Midwestern soul.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 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
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Max De Haldevang, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2019
Wisconsinites might look askance at the pie that uses sweet instead of sour cherries, but the bars, Bundt cakes, cookies and other sweets and savories in this book feed the Midwestern soul.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 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
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