pick over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick over
Verb
  • McCray is a current member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, according to an arrest warrant affidavit reviewed by CBS News.
    Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The effort is in line with Trump’s actions from his first term, which included creating a task force to review whether individuals had lied on their immigration forms.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Workers inspected the grooves for imperfections, fed album jackets into a shrink-wrapper and stacked the finished products on tall dollies for shipping.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Confirm root rot by pulling the plant out of the pot and inspecting the roots.
    Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The programming examined the region and the work done over the past decade, as well as looking ahead to amplifying regional perspectives with thought, foresight, and a focus issues related to funding.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2025
  • This research examined how individuals with disabilities get into and get out of two current U.S. spacecraft designed to carry crew.
    Jesse Rhoades, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • There have also been several studies that aim to investigate the health impacts of congestion pricing schemes.
    Laurie Winkless, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The closure of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Office of Equity Assurance effectively hobbles internal efforts at the VA to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities the department itself has acknowledged.
    Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Once installed, the malicious extension scans the victim’s browser for other extensions.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • For more basic printing/scanning/faxing needs, the HP DeskJet 2855e wireless all-in-one inkjet printer is a cost effective solution.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Animal researchers know that their work is heavily scrutinized by animal rights activists, who are looking for vulnerabilities to galvanize the public around.
    Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Separately, Nvidia was scrutinized on Monday for its exports to Singapore, which some analysts see as a waypoint to ship the company’s chips to China and bypass the U.S. export controls.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Pick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20over. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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