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as in interrogates
to put a series of questions to
the defense attorney was eager to examine her star witness
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as in inspects
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
the customer painstakingly examined the antique piece of furniture from top to bottom before purchasing it
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as in explores
to search through or into
a groundbreaking study that examined the causes of juvenile delinquency
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Recent Examples of examines
Produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment, Law & Order examines the criminal justice system and tells the stories of the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
In his brilliant book A Little Devil in America, Hanif Abdurraqib examines how Black performance is woven into the fabric of American life and culture—adored, abhorred, exploited, commodified, appropriated.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP What To Know Obama beat off stiff competition from the likes of David Attenborough and Tom Hanks to win the Outstanding Narrator prize for his narration of the five-part Netflix series Our Oceans, which examines marine life across the world's oceans.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
For his feature film directorial bow, Aziz Ansari examines the current state of the American Dream through the throwback lens of It’s a Wonderful Life by way of Trading Places.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Another exhibit examines the use of Native American imagery and stereotypes in American popular culture.
—Chris Quintana, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Born and raised in Arkansas, her research examines race and education activism in her home state.
—Time, 4 Sep. 2025
From high above the complex, Fecht zooms in on a man checking his phone, then examines a group of people waiting for a train.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Directed by Aranya Sahay and produced by Mathivanan Rajendran, Sarabhi Ravichandran, Shilpa Kumar and Aranya through Storiculture’s Impact Fellowship and Sauv Films, the drama examines how technological progress can entrench exclusion while sidelining indigenous knowledge systems.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
In his brilliant book A Little Devil in America, Hanif Abdurraqib examines how Black performance is woven into the fabric of American life and culture—adored, abhorred, exploited, commodified, appropriated.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP What To Know Obama beat off stiff competition from the likes of David Attenborough and Tom Hanks to win the Outstanding Narrator prize for his narration of the five-part Netflix series Our Oceans, which examines marine life across the world's oceans.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
For his feature film directorial bow, Aziz Ansari examines the current state of the American Dream through the throwback lens of It’s a Wonderful Life by way of Trading Places.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Another exhibit examines the use of Native American imagery and stereotypes in American popular culture.
—Chris Quintana, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Born and raised in Arkansas, her research examines race and education activism in her home state.
—Time, 4 Sep. 2025
From high above the complex, Fecht zooms in on a man checking his phone, then examines a group of people waiting for a train.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Directed by Aranya Sahay and produced by Mathivanan Rajendran, Sarabhi Ravichandran, Shilpa Kumar and Aranya through Storiculture’s Impact Fellowship and Sauv Films, the drama examines how technological progress can entrench exclusion while sidelining indigenous knowledge systems.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for examines
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Pierre Michel Jean’s TTFF title Oblivion interrogates anti-Blackness in Dominican society.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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Made in Africa is a monthly column by Rolling Stone staff writer Mankaprr Conteh that celebrates and interrogates the lives, concerns, and innovations of cultural workers of the African diaspora from their vantage point.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
23 Aug. 2025
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Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the troops during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Amr Nabil / APEgypt's Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathi inspects a recovered artifact at Abu Qir bay in Alexandria.—
Roisín Savage,
NBC news,
22 Aug. 2025
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The film explores the 1936-39 Arab Revolt in which Palestinians rose up against Britain’s colonial rule, against a backdrop of rising Jewish immigration following the country’s support for the establishment of a national home for the Jews in Palestine with the 1917 Balfour Declaration.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Co-written with Claire Douglas, Hannah Ellis, and Jason Massey, the song explores the uneasy tendency to sabotage our own happiness, pairing wistful guitars with Velasco's soaring vocals.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Android Hidden Camera Detector (FutureApps)Uses your phone's magnetic sensor to alert you near electronics and also scans for infrared light.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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To achieve this, the Fourier transform essentially scans all possible frequencies and determines how much each contributes to the original function.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Michael ‘Mike’ McCall, founder of MPM Consulting LLC, a forensic accounting firm that investigates allegations of unauthorized financial activities, has seen this shift firsthand.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The team consults the Urban Dictionary for meanings of less common terms and reviews an internal document of objectionable configurations.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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This meeting comes as Washington reviews its force posture in Europe and prepares a new National Security Strategy.—
Sławomir Cenckiewicz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Every month, the government surveys about 121,000 businesses and government agencies across the country.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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Kantar, a global marketing data and insights company that surveys shoppers every month about their spending plans, has seen that parents this year are shopping earlier to beat rising costs and avoid out-of-stocks, and prioritizing value.—
Joan Verdon,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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His team analyzes fleet needs and comes up with a proposal that makes sense.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Examines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/examines. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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