pick over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick over
Verb
  • 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, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
  • Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025
  • Proactively inspect short-term rentals, confirm occupancy limits, ensure that safety equipment is on site and that no unpermitted construction has been done.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • The Department routinely examines all insurance companies.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
  • The report examines how, say, the cellphone is often giving a one-sided perspective of a story brimming with multiple angles and voices.
    David Silverberg, JSTOR Daily, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Police and law enforcement investigate the home of state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, who were shot multiple times earlier in Champlin, Minnesota, on June 14.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
  • No was is in custody for the fatal shootings and detectives were investigating.
    Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • There’s a single 8-megapixel camera that, again, is acceptable at this tablet’s price point, but otherwise not a camera most would want to use for anything other than the most basic use (like maybe scanning documents).
    Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • One couple was relieved to have made it out of their hearing without being detained -- but were still scanning the parking lot outside the courthouse, nervous that agents would approach them.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • The criminal investigation that led to the charges was launched in April as federal authorities began scrutinizing the circumstances of a 2022 traffic stop of Abrego Garcia by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, according to the sources.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 6 June 2025
  • States monitor such activity and may be inclined to scrutinize the entities’ compliance with unclaimed property requirements.
    Jon D'Amato, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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“Pick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20over. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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