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as in interrogates
to put a series of questions to
the defense attorney was eager to examine her star witness
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as in inspects
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
the customer painstakingly examined the antique piece of furniture from top to bottom before purchasing it
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as in explores
to search through or into
a groundbreaking study that examined the causes of juvenile delinquency
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Recent Examples of examines
This film study examines several aspects of Cam Johnson’s passing repertoire.
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Joel Rush, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The healthiest cities list examines access to fitness centers and health care professionals in a specific area alongside residents’ personal health.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Directed by Aranya Sahay and produced by Mathivanan Rajendran, Sarabhi Ravichandran, Shilpa Kumar and Aranya through Storiculture’s Impact Fellowship and Sauv Films, the drama examines how technological progress can entrench exclusion while sidelining indigenous knowledge systems.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Costs for restaurants, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, have put stresses on the operators, said Saleh, who examines restaurants and food distribution.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
Front Lines,’ Christopher McFadden’s’ column, examines warfare past, present, and future.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
This is when a doctor takes out a small sample of bone marrow and examines the cells under a microscope.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 31 Aug. 2025
Berlinale Best Documentary winner Holding Liat, which examines the Gaza war through the lens of an Israeli family whose daughter was kidnapped on October 7, has sold to key markets ahead of its first theatrical release in the UK on September 12.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Plum Bun examines the structures that make passing feel like an escape, a necessity, a betrayal.
—Glory Edim
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Joel Rush, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The healthiest cities list examines access to fitness centers and health care professionals in a specific area alongside residents’ personal health.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Directed by Aranya Sahay and produced by Mathivanan Rajendran, Sarabhi Ravichandran, Shilpa Kumar and Aranya through Storiculture’s Impact Fellowship and Sauv Films, the drama examines how technological progress can entrench exclusion while sidelining indigenous knowledge systems.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Costs for restaurants, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, have put stresses on the operators, said Saleh, who examines restaurants and food distribution.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
Front Lines,’ Christopher McFadden’s’ column, examines warfare past, present, and future.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
This is when a doctor takes out a small sample of bone marrow and examines the cells under a microscope.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 31 Aug. 2025
Berlinale Best Documentary winner Holding Liat, which examines the Gaza war through the lens of an Israeli family whose daughter was kidnapped on October 7, has sold to key markets ahead of its first theatrical release in the UK on September 12.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Plum Bun examines the structures that make passing feel like an escape, a necessity, a betrayal.
—Glory Edim
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for examines
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Made in Africa is a monthly column by Rolling Stone staff writer Mankaprr Conteh that celebrates and interrogates the lives, concerns, and innovations of cultural workers of the African diaspora from their vantage point.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
23 Aug. 2025
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Similarly, De Onkruidenier, artists-in-residence at the Sainsbury Centre, are based at Wolterton until September, creating work that interrogates ecological memory and environmental change.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the troops during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Amr Nabil / APEgypt's Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathi inspects a recovered artifact at Abu Qir bay in Alexandria.—
Roisín Savage,
NBC news,
22 Aug. 2025
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My work explores the contradictions shaping women's lives in Italian society, focusing on how gender norms intersect with personal and collective acts of agency.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
5 Sep. 2025
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The movie explores a gentle legend whose father’s premature death gave him his own ticking clock and gives new context to some of Candy’s most memorable screen moments, showing how the man and his characters often melded in magical ways.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Insert a capsule, press a button, and marvel as the machine scans the barcode and adjusts its settings to the perfect temperature, brew time, and pressure setting for that drink.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Aug. 2025
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Zwicky, which scans the night sky with a wide-field camera, has a reputation for enabling astronomers to discover transients, or fleeting cosmic phenomena, such as quickly flaring and fading supernovas.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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New research investigates the possibility that different spacecraft could visit Comet 3I/ATLAS, giving scientists a unique on-location view of the interstellar visitor, or even offering the chance to collect material that could be much older than the bodies of our solar system.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The team consults the Urban Dictionary for meanings of less common terms and reviews an internal document of objectionable configurations.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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This meeting comes as Washington reviews its force posture in Europe and prepares a new National Security Strategy.—
Sławomir Cenckiewicz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Every month, the government surveys about 121,000 businesses and government agencies across the country.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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Kantar, a global marketing data and insights company that surveys shoppers every month about their spending plans, has seen that parents this year are shopping earlier to beat rising costs and avoid out-of-stocks, and prioritizing value.—
Joan Verdon,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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To train Voyager, researchers developed software that automatically analyzes existing videos to process camera movements and calculate depth for every frame—eliminating the need for humans to manually label thousands of hours of footage.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
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Doctors can also take endometrial biopsies and hysteroscopies, which analyzes period tissue, and can help catch pre-cancer earlier.—
Sam Manzella,
Flow Space,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Examines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/examines. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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