scrutinized

past tense of scrutinize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of scrutinized That law made refugee applications some of the most rigorously scrutinized within the immigration system. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 Netflix’s stock price has dropped more than 40% over the past year (off 25% year to date) as Wall Street has increasingly scrutinized its viewer engagement, which increased only 2% over the first half of the year to 97 billion hours viewed. — Peter White, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Andreu was the school district’s executive director of operations from 2023 to early 2026, a period when Broward’s Office of Inspector General scrutinized three efforts to select vendors for laptop purchases and deployment. — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 He was scrutinized in ways that white politicians of comparable stature were simply not scrutinized. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026 From hippies to covert racists, psychedelics to cult-like workshop leaders, this is a world where any difference is still scrutinized and looked down on. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 Girls like Nhedega often depend on such basic places for contraception without being scrutinized or exposed. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Ever since these rideshare companies began in the early 2010s, they have been scrutinized for underpaying and mistreating drivers. — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 Starbucks opened its first cafés in China’s Xinjiang region, prompting criticism from activists and US lawmakers over the coffee giant’s decision to expand into an area widely scrutinized for human rights violations. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrutinized
Verb
  • Halima held Asho on her lap, the child wrapped in purple cloth, as a health worker examined her feet and lower legs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Hafley said everything will be examined, and nothing is off the table.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Authorities install a chip that is scanned by machines along federal highways.
    — Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers gathered 62 people who had never taken a psychedelic before, gave them 19 milligrams of psilocybin, a common psychedelic found in certain fungi, and scanned their brains.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The council hasn’t yet reviewed the agreement in full and will receive copies on Tuesday.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In another email later Wednesday afternoon, Lee said ABC News’ editors had reviewed the language and were standing by the piece.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Organizations need to understand where TLS is negotiated, terminated, inspected and reestablished.
    — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Management may have inspected an area without finding the condition later described by a resident.
    — Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • According to a national survey of nonprofits, nearly all boards had terms for their members and just over half of nonprofits surveyed had term limits.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Seven percent of those surveyed reported the loss of electronic equipment such as refrigerators and televisions due to voltage fluctuations.
    — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Scrutinized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrutinized. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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