SCRUTINIZED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

scrutinized

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past tense of scrutinize

as in examined

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) the project's time constraints make it impossible for the programmers to scrutinize every line of code, so some bugs should be expected

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Recent Examples of scrutinized King Charles’ relationship with Queen Camilla has always been heavily scrutinized for obvious reasons. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 30 Oct. 2026 In Sguros’ five years with the police department, his performance and behaviors on the job had been scrutinized repeatedly, personnel and internal department records obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel this week show. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 South Korea has for years closely scrutinized the business practices of foreign technology companies operating in its market. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 Along with Big Tech peers like Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon, Alphabet is being scrutinized by Wall Street as investors look for returns on massive AI infrastructure spending. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026 Anything this pair does for the next several months that is not together will be scrutinized, dissected, interpreted, and ESPN can only blame itself. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026 As the longtime chairman and chief executive officer of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Bernard Arnault is one of the most visible and scrutinized executives in the consumer products industry. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 More recently, a ProPublica investigation revealed that the FBI had scrutinized dealings between Collins, her associates, and a major donor who ran a defense-contracting firm. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026 This source said that the Emiratis believed that the program’s status as a charity made its international transactions less likely to be scrutinized and therefore served as a useful cover for funding MBZ and his brother’s secret wars. — Matthew Cole, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

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Generally, most households struggled more financially during the period examined, regardless of political representation, as median costs rose by 33 percent, while median incomes rose only 28 percent.

— Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
To determine whether Decipher could help guide that decision, researchers examined test scores from more than 27,000 patients in real-world data and 401 men with non-metastatic prostate cancer who had participated in the STAMPEDE abiraterone trial.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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The members’ primary responsibility is to count ballots that were not scanned, which includes mail-in ballots, provisional ballots or if a scanner was down at a voting site, Campolo said.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
The original 16 mm A/B-rolls were scanned at 4K and restored by BB Optics.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

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Behind the scenes, Muse uses a collection of digital notes and instructions to guide its personality, actions and memory, all of which can be reviewed, edited and deleted.

— Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Each project will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, Rhoads said.

— Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

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In Washington state, researchers with the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project have surveyed six glaciers on Mount Baker during an annual summer trip.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Only 22% of leaders surveyed did not feel personally equipped—emotionally, cognitively and physically—to lead effectively under conditions of prolonged uncertainty.

— Carol Geffner, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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