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examines

VERB

analyze, test

Synonyms

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audit check check out consider criticize delve into explore inspect investigate ponder pore over probe read research review scan screen scrutinize study survey try vet view

STRONG

appraise assay canvass case eye finger frisk gun inquire parse peruse prospect prove reconnoiter sift sweep weigh winnow

WEAK

chew over dig into go into go over go through look over look see pat down pick at scope scrutinate search into size up take stock of turn over

Antonyms

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approve forget ignore neglect praise

STRONG

overlook

VERB

ask questions pointedly

Synonyms

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check measure try

STRONG

catechize experiment grill inquire interrogate judge pump query quiz weigh

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cross-examine give the third give the third degree put through the wringer try out

Antonyms

STRONG

answer reply

Example Sentences

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First produced in the mid-1980s, John Patrick Shanley’s “The Dreamer Examines His Pillow,” now at the Lounge 2 Theatre, holds interest as an early work by a playwright still casting about for his artistic moorings.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2017

In its current revival by the Attic Theater Company, “The Dreamer Examines His Pillow,”an early John Patrick Shanley work, is an intermissionless 90 minutes, but it’s really a play in three parts.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2015

Index: D Examines both shores of Juan de Fuca Strait, 1790, 26.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

Examines herself on her whole conduct to Lovelace.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Richardson, Samuel

Examines all men's carriage but his own, and is so kind-natured to himself, he finds fault with all men's but his own.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various