public scrutiny
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpublicandscrutiny
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public
adjective
uk/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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scrutiny
noun[U]
uk/ˈskruː.tɪ.ni/us/ˈskruː.t̬ən.i/
the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information ...
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(Definition ofpublicandscrutinyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpublic scrutiny
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Tests of arithmetic and knowledge of money matters tended to dominate thepublicscrutinyof the subjects of legal disputes.
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However, team members believed producers need a substantial reward or benefit to encourage them to hold up their management strategy forpublicscrutiny.
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In addition, it provides a framework forpublicscrutiny.
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Deals could still be made away frompublicscrutinyby convening privately prior to the official meetings.
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The dialogue makes bureaucratic officials open topublicscrutinyand makes elected officials subject to pressures from outside the inner circle of political elites.
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This latest published account can hardly be considered definitive before the files involved are open forpublicscrutinyand the texts duly documented and analysed.
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He argued that the only good thought was that which could be debated in a public forum and stand up againstpublicscrutiny.
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Given the circumstances described above, it is easy to see how older people's deaths have become hidden from everyday life and frompublicscrutiny.
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Advances that can impact society so intensely requirepublicscrutiny.
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The wearing of a uniform made them the object ofpublicscrutiny.
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Advocates that are lobbying in a niche, where there are no competing advocates orpublicscrutiny, are at an advantage.
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In other words people's private actions came underpublicscrutiny, were often legally proscribed, and categorized on the basis of political loyalties.
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Urbanization, urban migration and the changing landscape became objects ofpublicscrutiny.
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The subsidy would be hidden frompublicscrutiny; nobody would talk of it.
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In addition, many regimes are only partly open topublicscrutinyand influence.
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A profession has a declared set of standards, to which its members are held, and which is open topublicscrutiny.
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They were portrayed as 'one of the last sacred places where bureaucrats can do anything they want without being exposed topublicscrutiny'.
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The forums were certainly intended to be a means of subjecting propaganda topublicscrutinyand thus robbing it of its insidious power.
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This invites greaterpublicscrutinyof security policy.
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This ping-pong effect between press and parliament helped to thrust a diplomatic dispute, traditionally the preserve of a select few operating behind closed-doors, into the unfamiliar light ofpublicscrutiny.
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