How to Use under scrutiny in a Sentence

under scrutiny

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  • Treating these interfaces as first-class surfaces changes how systems behave under scrutiny.
    — Narendhira Ram Chandraseharan, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Weakfall was always under scrutiny, Clapper would say in a 2025 deposition.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, the longtime partnership between West and Hayne has come under scrutiny from civil rights attorneys, forensic experts and the courts over concerns about the validity of their techniques.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 29 June 2026
  • Months later, the same decision resurfaces under scrutiny, and suddenly, the organization struggles to explain itself—not because the call was reckless but because the system was never designed to carry its reasoning forward.
    — Narendhira Ram Chandraseharan, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Chavez-DeRemer had been under scrutiny ahead of her exit from the Department of Labor, with several news outlets reporting her conduct was under investigation by the department's internal watchdog.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Private credit funds, notably Blackstone's BCRED, are under scrutiny as Q2 redemption figures and rising non-accrual rates, particularly in software, reveal ongoing pressures.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • While antitrust is still a focus for the Commission, the regulator is now looking at the practices of big technology firms under the sweeping Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, with companies like Apple and Meta also under scrutiny.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 2 July 2026

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