under examination

idiom

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

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The company is currently under examination by the IRS for tax years 2016 through 2021. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024 The Dallas Morning News reported that those 6,500 people were sent a notice that their voter registration was under examination but did not respond. Samantha Putterman, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Aug. 2024 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

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“Under examination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20examination. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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