pick over

verb

Definition of pick overnext
as in to check (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick over
  1. review
  2. inspect
  3. examine
  4. investigate
  5. scan
  6. scrutinize
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  • White House officials are now reviewing the downsizing plans, a move expected to result in the mass firing of thousands of government workers within the coming weeks, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
    — Nathan Layne and Tim Reid, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    — CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of review
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  • Photos of the 10,000-apartment development, released by state news agency KCNA after the country’s leader Kim Jong Un inspected the site Saturday, show residential skyscrapers spilling out from a wide boulevard in the new district, Hwasong.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Weeks later, the Army Corps of Engineers had tagged the trees for removal, but certified arborists had inspected them as a second opinion and deemed them healthy.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of inspect
Verb
  • His 2020 documentary Vivos examined the shocking disappearance of a group of students who were seized in Mexico’s Guerrero state.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Its methodologies compel leaders and their teams to rigorously examine their most fundamental beliefs, anticipate disruptive scenarios, and prepare adaptive responses.
    — Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of examine
Verb
  • Reporter Rosemary Coulter and retired Mountie Bill Avery teamed up once again to investigate a train robbery, while Governor Lucas Bouchard and Mayor Lee Coulter quite literally found common ground.
    — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Eleven former youth counselors have been arrested since the attorney general's office began investigating the facility in 2019, though charges against one were dropped, another was found incompetent to stand trial and a third died awaiting trial.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of investigate
Verb
  • Whether painted, re-printed, or scanned, there are endless ways to take the words and handwriting on the card and turn them into something long lasting.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
  • And that has meant not only scanning where the Heat sit in the East, but the league overall.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of scan
Verb
  • If passed, a new NCAA committee will scrutinize NIL agreements, potentially reshaping the future of athlete compensation.
    — Leonard Armato, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Hamilton’s transfer from Mercedes-Benz has made the current Prancing Horses the most visible (and, inevitably, scrutinized) duo in the sport.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of scrutinize
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“Pick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20over. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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