pick over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick over
Verb
  • Ahead of the opening, Landau noted that the team reviewed every aspect of the show to ensure this topic was presented with care.
    Emily Burns, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Thanks to the development of a special ferret-sized tracking collar, scientists are now reviewing data collected last fall to peek into the secret underground lives of the rare and elusive animals.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • There’s time for kids to inspect elephant dung, find bones, collect guinea fowl feathers, and make castings of lion paw prints, plus let loose in waterfalls, try catch-and-release fishing, and learn to throw spears.
    Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The wreckage from both aircraft will be placed in a hangar at DCA to be inspected by investigators, the NTSB said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Yes, the Reputation Management system examines your social media accounts, but Social Media Monitoring in the main IDShield app has a different purpose.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Through fiscal year 2023, the IRS examined 0.44% of individual returns filed for tax years 2013 through 2021, according to the latest IRS Data Book.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The May 6 attempt was scrubbed two hours before liftoff because of valve on ULA’s upper Centaur stage that teams continue to investigate.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
  • He's promised to investigate people who get in the way of or threaten the DOGE team making cuts to federal agencies.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Doing so literally means signing his life away, as Mickey 1 (the OG version of his character) agrees to have his body scanned and his memories archived, so he can be replicated — and recycled — ad infinitum, every time an unlucky copy hits a snag.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The woman banned from the store was caught on a Walmart camera using an old watch barcode battery to scan all her items for $1 while using the self-checkout machine, the police officer wrote in the affidavit.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • This behavior fosters workplace toxicity, erodes trust and leaves employees feeling undervalued and constantly scrutinized.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The judge presiding over Wednesday’s hearing may scrutinize whether there had been an improper exchange that undermined the integrity of the dismissal motion.
    Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Pick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20over. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.

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