1
as in examinations
a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition
his performance on the football field is seemingly unaffected by the media's intense scrutiny of his tumultuous personal life
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2
as in gazes
a fixed intent look
began to squirm under the penetrating scrutiny of the judge
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrutinies
Noun
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By age 14, Abergel had dropped out of school, taken his graduate record examinations and ventured to New York in hopes of one day joining the American Ballet Theatre.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Nardello is described as a global investigations firm with expertise in tracing company assets, financial examinations, and criminal and civil white collar litigation, the committee said.—
Jonathan Randles,
Bloomberg,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Wide-eyed gazes and blotchy skin.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
17 Dec. 2025
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Hinkey finds both viciousness and vulnerability within Red Feather, crafting, through his fierce physicality and long, unblinking gazes, a man aware of the world steadily leaving him behind.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Because Indiana doesn't require routine vehicle inspections, the truck remained street legal.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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The full inspections show how each establishment has corrected or is working to correct any remaining violations.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Salerno claims her team was disqualified from the following meet, and then began to face intimidating stares from the trans athlete at public events.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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But, if dressed in modern attire, this prehistoric relative may not have drawn too many stares on a subway train.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
26 Dec. 2025
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The port issue shows how Haiti’s monopolistic practices block foreign investment even when all necessary audits and authorizations have been provided to international partners and financial institutions.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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While human rights advocates argue that arrivals face significant scrutiny, government audits have found flaws and data inaccuracies in records.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Nov. 2025
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There was some cowering in seats, some shielded eyes and a general atmosphere of dread.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Bowie has eyes shut behind pink shadow and corpse-like marble skin on the cover of Aladdin Sane, from 1973.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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The study offers rare, direct evidence of this process by tracking cool gas across entire galaxies, something that was not possible before large surveys like MaNGA.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Doubts have been cast on jobs data due to misinterpretations of the labor bureau’s routine reviews of its statistics and its admissions about the difficulty of getting answers to its employment surveys.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Scrutinies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrutinies. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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