All 3 Uses of "scrutiny" in "Fast Food Nation"

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Fast Food Nation
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After largely ignoring children for years, Madison Avenue began to scrutinize and pursue them.†
p. 43.1 *

scrutinize = to look at very carefully

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
He created the first HACCP plan in the fast food industry, a "farm-to-fork" policy that scrutinized threats to food safety at every level of production and distribution.†
p. 208.7

scrutinized = looked at very carefully

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
He scrutinizes them, and every so often asks Dale about a particular animal.†
p. 256.4

scrutinizes = looks at or examines very carefully

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.

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(1) (scrutiny)
careful examination of something
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)