Word Finder - scrutiny

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Intense study of someone or something.

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Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.

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An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.

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A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.

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An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.

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To scrutinize.

Too aware of his scrutiny, she cleared her throat and pretended to read the iPad.

His scrutiny came back to her face and he smiled.

She checked her weapons with scrutiny that would've made her father proud and dressed in dark clothing loose enough for her to fight.

It follows that a careful scrutiny of the very idea of classes and relations is required.

Jackson felt uncomfortable under both women's scrutiny.

He braved her scrutiny with a small twinkle in his eye and a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.

None of these alliances has borne close scrutiny.

Bearing in mind what this research has tried to show, the idea of ' tradition ' deserves closer scrutiny.

Coverage of the scrutiny process is central to our parliamentary democracy.

Econ Scrutiny, Inc., our ersatz employer, proved to be rather interesting.

But our daily doings should be available for public scrutiny.

Everything is up for scrutiny.

The MPA understands the need for scrutiny by the competition directorate.

I turn, first, to the level of parliamentary scrutiny.

The scrutiny therefore recommends that consideration is given to widening the remit of Operation Trident to include gun crimes on all minority ethnic communities.

At the moment the drug has not undergone any independent scrutiny.

Our ethical concepts must survive the scrutiny of our best ethical thinking - thus the reflection required for confidence is immanent in ethical thought.

So the issue might not be worth pursuing, tho some observations from prospect theory may merit scrutiny.

The pre-legislative scrutiny should tease out the key issues.

All ideas are subjected to the same rigorous scrutiny.

Windows Mobile faced scrutiny for the sluggish performance and poor interface.

The role of the regulatory agency should also come under careful scrutiny.

From the Human Rights Act to Hutton to the new supreme court, we are seeing growing judicial scrutiny of the government.

External examiners ' reports and the reviewers ' scrutiny of a range of students ' work confirm that assessment processes are rigorous and fair.

I am currently opposition spokesperson on the Lifelong Learning Scrutiny Committee.

The ' heritage movement ' has not escaped scrutiny, and museums have come in for particularly trenchant criticism.

With this kind of prurient scrutiny, female entrepreneurs are understandably wary of becoming too public.

Improved means of communication have enabled many acute observers to apply the test of scrutiny on the spot to theories and conclusions mainly based on literary evidence; five foreign schools of archaeology, directed by eminent scholars, lend valuable aid to students of all nationalities, and lectures are frequently delivered in the museums and on the more interesting and important sites.

A glimpse Beginnings of the Polish here and there of the political development of the Constitu- country is the utmost that the most diligent scrutiny tion.

Christianity takes Judaism (see Hebrew Religion) for granted - rejects it in part as a merely preparatory stage, in part reinterprets it, and does not submit what it accepts to rigorous scrutiny.

The discovery by improved optical means, and especially by photography, of new bodies of our system so small that they evaded all scrutiny in former times, is still going on, but does not at present promise any important generalization, unless we regard as such the conclusion that our solar system is a more complex organism than was formerly supposed.

Kozlovski scanned the ranks resolutely and included Rostov in his scrutiny.

This argument certainly resonates with some of your respondents, and with many in the country, but it does n't withstand scrutiny.

This support will include a one off payment of £ 2.25million to help local authorities in their new health scrutiny role.

The scrutiny of legislation was touched on by the hon.

The Government has encouraged the draft scrutiny of bills for the first time to improve the quality of legislation.

All applications receive careful scrutiny by the assessors, in the context of competing claims on available funding.

All takes place under the scrutiny of old Miss Loach, the self-appointed guardian of village morals.

Stealth bombers in the Ministry were busy helping their mates into a back door route to short-circuit the scrutiny process.

The arguments in his statement do n't seem to me to withstand scrutiny.

One of the many great things about investing in rare coins is that they are a private investment, one kept mostly free from government scrutiny.

Many of the benefits of acai are still under scrutiny.

The longer an herb has a history of use, study and scrutiny, the better its chances of being effective.

Whatever decision is made, the teen will no doubt find themselves under scrutiny, as either decision will always be controversial to someone, somewhere.

Low self-esteem, coupled with the constant scrutiny that models face is enough to drive some teen girls into an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia.

You may have to face scrutiny from friends and family who don't think it's proper for you to make your own wedding cake.

Former Miss California and Miss U.S.A. contender Carrie Prejean came under scrutiny in 2009 when suggestive photos of her were posted online.

Paintings from the Renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vinci have come under recent scrutiny through the popularity of the novel The DaVinci Code, which speculates that the art contains hidden messages about Christianity.

Tyra Banks, who conceived the hit show America's Next Top Model, a well as her own talk show, has been the subject of media scrutiny for her weight gain.

But this doesn't just go for celebrities -- television personalities and models also are under public scrutiny because of their looks, and therefore turn to various treatments with high price tags.