gimlet-eyed
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The Department of Justice and the Treasury subjected the question of whether the change could be made without congressional action to their gimlet-eyed scrutiny, and turned thumbs-down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Today, the optimism is largely confined to AI architects and gimlet-eyed executives calculating how much AI can reduce head count while workers wonder whether they will be replaced by AI, or someone who knows AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
She attempts to honor the intellectual legacy of her father, who died in 2006, while painting a portrait of him that is both loving and gimlet-eyed about his virtues and deficiencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
Some experts predicted that the debate over the king’s role would fade away quickly, as the unionists busied themselves with a gimlet-eyed reading of the text of the Windsor Agreement.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Some had sour, gimlet-eyed faces; some had not yet lost the rolling gait of sea captains.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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