All 3 Uses of
scrutiny
in
Fast Food Nation
- After largely ignoring children for years, Madison Avenue began to scrutinize and pursue them.†
p. 43.0 *scrutinize = to look at very carefullystandard 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. 208.7scrutinized = looked at very carefullystandard 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. 256.4scrutinizes = looks at or examines very carefullystandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Definition:
careful examination of something