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askance

[uh-skans] / əˈskæns /


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People who fervently save and look askance at other people’s choices can be equally annoying.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

For instance, if you took the standard deduction last year and itemized your deductions this year, the IRS would not look askance.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

An acquisition of BHP’s petroleum business was cheered by investors, though they looked askance at the company’s decision to invest in a low-carbon ammonia project in Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

The rest of the world looks askance at what we have done, and they, too, will pay a price.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2025

Seferino Pacheco stopped, looking vaguely askance and threateningly at the Easterner perched in the fallen cottonwood.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols


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