once-over

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Recent Examples of once-over There may be fewer scenes in the Causeway oeuvre more chilling than a wordless opening when Kori (Emily Browning) gives a contemptuous once-over to the pile of greasy food in front of her at a pub while her boyfriend Nick (Jai Courtney) is fetching some pints. Stephen Saito, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026 But once a module is shipped to a site, local inspectors will often do their own once-over. Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026 But once a module is shipped to a site, local inspectors will often do their own once-over. Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026 Abatemarco bought him a seat next to his to Raleigh, where Valvano gave the new kid a once-over, then turned to his assistant. Kevin Sherrington feb. 10, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for once-over
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Noun
  • Beyond Bart’s Books, downtown Ojai has dozens more unique shops for your perusal.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
  • The language switch has done nothing to lessen its global appeal, as a quick perusal of the YouTube comments suggests, though there are some jokes Jakubović acknowledges would be inscrutable outside Bosnia.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Changes in the brain The research team looked at many measures of impact, including questionnaires, clinical assessments and brain scans.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
  • Other research pointed in the same direction, and by 2008, Falk and other exercise physiologists were arguing against the status-quo assumption that kids had some major natural deficits in thermoregulation.
    Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
Noun
  • Already, SpaceX is facing an inquisition in the court of public opinion.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • The saxophone sounds tangled in lament and inquisition before skronking what sounds like an emergency signal.
    Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Spiritual fast fashion might be an oxymoron, but consumers’ philosophical interrogation may not always run that deep.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • Although one participant appeared remotely, on a large TV monitor, during the real interrogation, the theatrical version places all three figures in the same room.
    Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

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“Once-over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/once-over. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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