PICK OVER Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

pick over

verb

Definition of pick over

as in to check (out)

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After the 2012 pay cut, salaries were reviewed again in 2017 but the government chose not to adopt a recommendation to increase them.

— Reuters, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Vela Gonzalez was dragged down the concrete steps and pushed to the ground by two agents, before a third agent emerged to handcuff him, according to video footage reviewed by The Times.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of review

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Technicians have continued inspecting and repairing suspension systems throughout the fleet.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Under Romanian law, the indictment gets sent to a preliminary court chamber, where a judge will inspect the case files to ensure legality.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of inspect

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No deaths have been reported, and authorities are investigating the causes of the outbreaks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Future treatments New cell and gene therapies for Huntington’s disease are being investigated, but researchers need ways of measuring what is happening inside the brain of a living person.

— Claudia Metzler-Baddeley, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of investigate

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Throughout the operation, the robot autonomously scanned the cardiac tissue, mapped out the precise location of the lesion, and navigated the complex pathway to deploy the cardiac occluder with sub-millimeter precision.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
In 1982 — the entire decade captured with quiet authenticity by production designer Brian Kane — Rita leads what would scan to many like a good-enough life.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of scan

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The German incident reflects a broader pattern of AI activity that some OpenAI investigators wanted to scrutinize more closely.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
As public support for Clancy grew by the day, online sleuths went to work challenging the prosecution’s narrative, closely scrutinizing witnesses and criticizing authorities for not investigating certain details more aggressively.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of scrutinize

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