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scrutiny
[ skroot-n-ee ]
noun
- a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- surveillance; close and continuous watching or guarding.
- a close and searching look.
scrutiny
/ ˈːɪɪ /
noun
- close or minute examination
- a searching look
- (in the early Christian Church) a formal testing that catechumens had to undergo before being baptized
- a similar examination of candidates for holy orders
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDz·t·Բ noun plural nonscrutinies
- ·t·Բ noun plural rescrutinies
- -t·Բ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scrutiny1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scrutiny1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The approval comes after weeks of public scrutiny on Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and his government role.
As it happens, the entity’s claims to have unearthed fraud in Social Security and elsewhere have generally evaporated under scrutiny.
Many financial transactions in humanitarian aid also happen outside of Myanmar's banking system, so that actors can avoid scrutiny and potential investigation from the country's central bank, a source told the BBC.
But Edison has been under scrutiny since Day 1 because residents saw and videotaped flames burning near transmission lines at the time the fire started on Jan. 7.
It is "not good enough" for the government to say "it has been debated in Parliament" and will "raise revenue", Lord Pannick argued, stating that the policy needed stricter scrutiny.
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