PICKED OVER Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

picked over 1 of 2

adjective

as in winnowed (out)

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2 of 2

verb

past tense of pick over

as in checked (out)

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Adjective

The latter offers faster processing for pre-screened travelers, according to Customs and Border Protection.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Pavel Mintyukov then sent the puck to Mikael Granlund, who backhanded a pass to Carlson for a one-timer that got past a screened Askarov for a 2-0 Ducks lead.

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026

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Verb

The members’ primary responsibility is to count ballots that were not scanned, which includes mail-in ballots, provisional ballots or if a scanner was down at a voting site, Campolo said.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
The original 16 mm A/B-rolls were scanned at 4K and restored by BB Optics.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Regulators inspected his clinic less than two weeks after the story ran on June 7.

— Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
The man then alerted local archaeological authorities, who inspected the site and uncovered the remains of two statues during subsequent excavations, ministry officials said.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of inspected

Verb

Reporters also reviewed dozens of private Facebook group posts, WhatsApp messages, and other communications among women seeking MRT, as well as business filings, clinic licenses, and client contracts.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
Behind the scenes, Muse uses a collection of digital notes and instructions to guide its personality, actions and memory, all of which can be reviewed, edited and deleted.

— Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

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The little prior research on any sort of relationship between voting in the United States and living longer largely examined how health status might predict later voting behaviors, Handy said.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
After more than two decades in space, the observatory examined over 2,000 GRBs and more than 1,400 supernovae.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026

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