scrutiny
IPA: skrˈutʌni
noun
- Intense study of someone or something.
- Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
- (Christianity) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
- A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
- An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
verb
- (obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.
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Examples of "scrutiny" in Sentences
- Adrian then came under the scrutiny of the police.
- They're an essential part of any paradigmatic scrutiny.
- Shaving in Judaism is the subject of debate and scrutiny.
- The legality of the pardon decree is still under scrutiny.
- The quality of the quote must also be subject to scrutiny.
- Did it undergo the scrutiny of the scientific establishment
- A large number fled to escape the scrutiny of the inquistion.
- He closed the deletion review in order to avoid scrutiny of the deletion.
- At the moment the criticism is the section of the article that needs scrutiny.
- In addition, Senator Ellison was the Chair of the Scrutiny of Bills Committee.
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