scrutinizes

present tense third-person singular of scrutinize

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Recent Examples of scrutinizes Oliver scrutinizes one dire situation after another, then says what the average person can do to address them. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025 Liberty Media, by contrast, scrutinizes every potential revenue stream for growth opportunities. Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, an explosion of popular literature scrutinizes those rules and places white people’s elevated status in sharp relief. James M. Thomas, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrutinizes
Verb
  • While several documentaries have been made about Rader, Borgman’s film examines the crimes through a new lens via Rader’s daughter, Kerri Rawson.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Goldman report also examines the risks and broader implications.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The technology scans the entire genome for single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs—the spots where one person’s genome might have a T, while another’s has a C—for associations with human behaviors.
    Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The software scans for visible firearms and sends an alert whenever a potential threat appears.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The auditors chose to look into how CBP inspects returning cruise passengers following recent years’ assessments from CBP field offices that cited a growing threat of drug contraband smuggling by way of cruises.
    Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Deputy Public Works Director Carlos Zepeda said the department’s staff inspects the parks on a regular basis, looking out for things that need immediate fixes.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Nobel Peace Prize is administered by an independent committee based in Oslo, Norway, which reviews nominations from qualified individuals and organizations worldwide.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The board reviews those reports and decides on its own which to investigate.
    Philip Steenstra, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even with the increase, prices in the Miami area are down about 6 cents from a month ago and 7 cents from a year ago, according to GasBuddy, a national fuel monitoring service that surveys nearly 1,700 stations in South Florida.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • While there are alternative measures of economic activity, none can match the reach of the federal government, which surveys tens of thousands of households and businesses every month.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Scrutinizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrutinizes. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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