under review

idiom

: being officially examined
The policy is under review.

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Let candidates know how many applications were received and confirm that their application is under review. Nadia Edwards-Dashti, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 Nine more are under review, with a total of 3,158 residential units. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2025 All of the files under review involve inmates who were in CDCR’s Medical Assistant Treatment Program and were recently denied parole or petitions to move up their parole hearings to an earlier date, between April 2024 and this month. Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025 The report found the department had reduced its backlog of use-of-force cases under review from more than 1,100 to about 400 in the last six months. Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for under review

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“Under review.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20review. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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