under examination

idiom

: in the process of being examined
The policy is under examination.

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Hall, under examination, attested to a gender-switching backstory. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 One skull excavated from Herculaneum was found to contain a dark, translucent substance that, under examination, revealed proteins commonly present in the brain — the human mind, sealed into itself. Ligaya Mishan Anthony Cotsifas Emily Woo Zeller Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 13 May 2024 An additional manuscript with a potential error is still under examination, according to Dana-Farber. Angus Chen and Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024 Also under examination is Maine’s existing law for taking guns away from people who may be a threat to themselves or others. Jenna Russell, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023 For most people that means working until 64 once the measure, under examination by the Constitutional Council, is enshrined in law. Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023 That move is currently under examination by the San Diego Local Area Formation Commission. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2023 The guns allegedly found at Medina’s home are under examination by a crime lab to determine whether any of them was used in the shooting. Taylor Romine, CNN, 21 Feb. 2023 Another key issue under examination is why the FAA’s backup NOTAM databases in Oklahoma and New Jersey did not prevent the nationwide disruption. Ian Duncan, Michael Laris and Lori Aratani, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2023

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“Under examination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20examination. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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