under scrutiny
to be closely examined
TRANSLATION
scrutiny = genaue Prüfung --- GOOGLE INDEX scrutiny: approximately 25,000,000 Google hits
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IN THE PRESS
Chinese Yuan under SCRUTINY before G20 meeting
(Reuters - News Headline)
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Now three of Silicon Valley's most stellar companies are under SCRUTINY from government agencies, thanks to developer and customer complaints about their policies.
(PC Magazine)
(Reuters - News Headline)
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Now three of Silicon Valley's most stellar companies are under SCRUTINY from government agencies, thanks to developer and customer complaints about their policies.
(PC Magazine)
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scrutiny
noun
- the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Scrutiny stems from the Latin "scrutari," to examine or search (as through trash), and from the Latin "scruta," trash or rags.
Saint Thomas Aquinas once said, "The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false."
Little did he know to what extent all things would be scrutinised in modern times, especially in the media. But business and science also have their own ways of scrutinising and they have their own terms:
- due diligence = Research and analysis of a company or organisation done in preparation for a business transaction such as a corporate merger or purchase of securities. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
- peer review = The scrutiny of new scientific discoveries by experts in the field and an essential step in ensuring the quality of scientific studies. Isaac Newton put it best when he said, "If I have seen further, it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants." (BBC)
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SYNONYMS
audit, inspection, investigation, perusal, review
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"People going into politics have to accept being under constant media scrutiny."
noun
- the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Scrutiny stems from the Latin "scrutari," to examine or search (as through trash), and from the Latin "scruta," trash or rags.
Saint Thomas Aquinas once said, "The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false."
Little did he know to what extent all things would be scrutinised in modern times, especially in the media. But business and science also have their own ways of scrutinising and they have their own terms:
- due diligence = Research and analysis of a company or organisation done in preparation for a business transaction such as a corporate merger or purchase of securities. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
- peer review = The scrutiny of new scientific discoveries by experts in the field and an essential step in ensuring the quality of scientific studies. Isaac Newton put it best when he said, "If I have seen further, it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants." (BBC)
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SYNONYMS
audit, inspection, investigation, perusal, review
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"People going into politics have to accept being under constant media scrutiny."
