Scrutiny
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362 examples of Scrutiny in a sentence
The trick is to know how and where to set boundaries that concede neither too much nor too little to those with a vested interest, for good reasons or bad, in avoiding
scrutiny.
Unfortunately, it continues to be a clientelist, corporatist, corrupt organization that does not believe in citizen participation, checks and balances, competition, accountability, or
scrutiny
of public-sector unions.
On the contrary, China is finding itself under intense international
scrutiny
for everything from its policy toward Tibet, human rights, and product safety to the level of its currency, its policy in Sudan, and global climate change.
Tax evasion and fraud – both common crimes – are drawing closer
scrutiny
from law enforcement agencies.
In fact, the combination of freedom of expression and electoral competition is the key to improving democracies, because it enables systemic failures – not to mention leaders’ missteps – to be subjected to public
scrutiny.
China’s autocratic government is famous for avoiding such
scrutiny
by suppressing freedom of information.
Despite complaints from the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church, chambers of commerce and political parties, the CSE has refused to allow a recount of the ballots or
scrutiny
by impartial observers.
And its transmission to two nurses responsible for Duncan’s care – likely resulting from several breaches of medical protocol – has focused intense
scrutiny
on US preparedness for a possible outbreak.
Ironically, the CDC and its leadership have come under intense
scrutiny
over the mishandling of Duncan’s care and the Ebola transmissions that resulted from it.
The use of land is also receiving more serious
scrutiny.
But Germany’s similar-size surpluses – which have averaged about $170 billion since the euro’s introduction in 1999 – have, until recently, largely escaped
scrutiny.
It pressed the International Atomic Energy Agency for greater
scrutiny.
But, as China’s claims and tactics have come under growing scrutiny, its approach has faced diminishing returns.
After his fall, he did not flee public scrutiny, but continued to embrace it as director of the Gorbachev-Fund, and as a, perhaps quixotic, candidate for president of Russia last year.
Inadequate support for refugees is not just a problem in Greece, with refugee camps in many countries having come under
scrutiny
for poor conditions.
Its two major banks had attracted huge deposits from abroad, largely from Russia, and presumably mostly from individuals who wished to escape
scrutiny
at home or elsewhere.
As a result, megabanks’ senior managers are not pressed to remove layers of opaqueness that shield their risk-taking from effective
scrutiny.
Opponents of more comprehensive reform rely on three arguments, none of which stands up to
scrutiny.
A government’s banning of journalists or blocking of news and social-media Web sites that were previously allowed should itself be regarded as an early warning sign of a crisis meriting international
scrutiny.
As it turned out, such action no longer works in a world in which European companies are exposed to the
scrutiny
of international investors.
Of course, until they are perfected, they should be used sparingly and with appropriate
scrutiny.
His investigation triggered an avalanche that continues to reverberate around the world today, as many other multinational companies come under
scrutiny.
Chinese media organizations are under constant
scrutiny
by the authorities, and editors have chafed at (and even attempted to defy) censorship.
This is largely because confidentiality in sex-crime reporting prevents the media from shining a light on the crime, inhibits institutional memory of repeated assailants, and prevents
scrutiny
of whether a court, college, or police precinct is doing better or worse at handling such cases.
The Ordeal of Pius XIIROME – Once again, the reputation of Pope Pius XII is under
scrutiny
and attack.
In late November, the parliament’s lower house, led by the majority African National Congress (ANC), overwhelmingly approved a new law – the “Protection of State Information Bill” – whose adoption would shield the country’s most-powerful political and business elites from public
scrutiny.
No one likes scrutiny, of course.
Euthyphro’s efforts to define piety ultimately fail to withstand the
scrutiny
of Socrates’s probing questions; he does not really know what piety is after all.
That claim does not withstand
scrutiny.
It does, however, buy political time for US administrations to continue prosecuting ill-considered and expensive wars with little domestic
scrutiny.
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