examines

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analyze, test v.
ask questions pointedly v.

VERB

analyze, test

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONGEST

check measure try

STRONG

catechize experiment grill inquire interrogate judge pump query quiz weigh

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONG

answer reply

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examines

A comparative literature professor at Stanford University, his forthcoming book, “What Tech Calls Governing,” examines the increasingly authoritarian politics of Silicon Valley.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

A counterfeit works only until someone examines it, and Judge Williams already has.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Sosnick quotes a post on LinkedIn by Henry Schwartz in which the vice president of market intelligence at Cboe examines trading in S&P 500 options.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

From the director of ‘Tiger King,’ a new docuseries examines the cold-blooded, illegal trade in lizards and the like in the 1980s and the lives of those who facilitated it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Bubbe picks up a card, examines her hand and puts another one down on the pile.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler