once-over

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Recent Examples of once-over To avoid this most irritating scenario, give your high-traffic or mess-prone areas a quick once-over with the vacuum. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 29 June 2025 After a quick once-over by liquid space computer Ooooo (Shirley Henderson), Elio is then taken to the Communiverse, a kind of brain trust represented by all the myriad gelatinous lifeforms of the galaxy. Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 June 2025 If needed, give the bowl a once-over with the brush. Cody Godwin, USA Today, 8 June 2025 Give it a quick once-over for any pests hiding under leaves, insect eggs, or foliage issues that may indicate a lack of nutrients. Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025 Check For Pests Give every plant a once-over before bringing them indoors. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024 Using a Dry Cleaning Cloth While Dusting Giving your furniture and shelves a once-over with a duster can stir up potential allergens, says Alan Goldsobel, MD, an allergist based in San Jose. Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024 To avoid this most irritating scenario, give your high-traffic or mess-prone areas a quick once-over with the vacuum. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024 Code the shareholders wished out before us like slugs in a... Conversion Karen Solie First impression of a hasty once-over. Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for once-over
Noun
  • There are also GitHub repos for your perusal, and OpenAI will host stock versions of the models on its own infrastructure for testing.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Artists will have ceramics, paintings, jewelry, textiles, glass, wood and metal artwork available for perusal and sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
    Kit Grode, Twin Cities, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • That money needs to be going toward core medical and scientific research.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The research team included Marioxis Macías-Cuyare, Gilberto Rafael Borges Guzmán and Daniel Arauz-Naranjo.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • By the time Ono came before his second trial by inquisition, this one at the hands of the governors of the State University System, the counterassault was well and truly underway.
    Ron Cunningham, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
  • Biden's physical and mental decline in office and its cover up by those around him is a legitimate scandal worthy of inquisition.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Nearly a decade after the second acquittal, which was decided by Italy's highest court, the Supreme Court of Cassation, Knox returned to Italy for another trial on slander charges related to the initial interrogation.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The film was also criticized for its on-screen nudity during an infamous interrogation scene.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Once-over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/once-over. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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