Examine
Try
Try verb - Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to.
Usage example: This approach has been tried with good results
Examine is a synonym for try in process topic. You can use "Examine" instead a verb "Try", if it concerns topics such as inspect, law, investigate, adjudicate. popular alternative
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Using the parser to try and examine a very inconspicuous object gives a message along the lines of "We know what you're looking at, and we assure you, you don't need it."
Source: Conspicuously Light Patch -
One episode consists entirely of Beavis at the hospital in agony over something that's charred his butt and bursts into a propelling flame when the doctors try to examine him.
Source: Ass Shove -
For example, try using the ramrod on Murray at the start of Curse, then examine the porthole in the next scene.
Source: Video Game / Monkey Island
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