once-overs

noun

plural of once-over
as in interrogations

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  1. investigations
  2. studies
  3. inquisitions
  4. explorations
  5. observations
  6. researches
  7. probes
Noun
  • Food safety experts say investigations into outbreaks like this often trace contamination back to farms and water sources long before products reach restaurants.
    — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • His work pioneered investigations into innovative approaches targeting cancer stem cells and integrative oncology.
    — Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of investigations
Noun
  • There will be an update on development studies at a meeting in October.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • What’s more, changing vaccine ingredients would require new studies, which would be costly and take years.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of studies
Noun
  • Conservative influencers are pushing for a return to the dark days of 1950s inquisitions.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
  • McCullum generally leaves in-match inquisitions to his loyal lieutenants, Marcus Trescothick and Jeetan Patel.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Definition of inquisitions
Noun
  • In a little over a hundred pages, Martin interlaces stark, brooding and intense descriptions of the encounter and her injuries with philosophical, even spiritual, explorations.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Lee says Carl Jung’s explorations of a person’s darker urges, hidden side and projection directly influenced the writing, especially when confronting those aspects in Lee himself.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of explorations
Noun
  • Its observations helped refine the age of the Universe, study black holes, discover thousands of galaxies, and capture some of the most iconic images ever taken from space.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
  • As mentioned in recent observations, cornerback and linebacker remain difficult to gauge with the injury list growing at those respective positions.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of observations
Noun
  • Decades after researches first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it.
    — Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces.
    — Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of researches
Noun
  • The new observations by Danuri, as well as future work by other lunar probes, will help verify such predictions.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Both Voyager probes run on radioisotope thermoelectric generators, or devices that convert the heat provided by decaying plutonium into electricity.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of probes
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“Once-overs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/once-overs. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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