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"Close inspection"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (SCRUTINY).
Definitions
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
Word origin
From Middle English scrutiny, from Medieval Latin scrūtinium (“a search, an inquiry”), from Vulgar Latin scrūtor (“to search or examine thoroughly”), from Late Latin scrūta (“rubbish, broken trash”), from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Used in a sentence
“Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view / And narrower scrutiny.”
“So much for the occupant of the britscha, who waits, as all the horses are out at a ball or a scrutiny.”
“Certainly, upon closer scrutiny, it becomes apparent that current usage rather than eighteenth-century usage is the basis of the interpretation of fanny as a sexual term.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Close inspection”8 letters
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