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picked over

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verb

past tense of pick over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for picked over
Adjective
  • 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
  • After establishing position at the net front, Guentzel tipped a shot from the top of the zone by Charle-Edouard D’Astous over the glove of the screened Lankinen.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Anthropic also purchased millions of print copies in bulk, stripped the books’ bindings and made scanned digital copies that were used to train Claude.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • The Addiction Hiding Behind ‘Getting Even’ Neuroscientists have scanned the brains of people who experience a grievance and then have a chance at payback.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Here are the inspection scores and violations for restaurants that Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) inspected for July 12th - July 25th, 2026.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Workers welded and inspected every pipe joint to guarantee a pressure-tight boundary.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • This category reviewed a state’s air and water quality and pollution.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 29, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • Executives told investors during a May earnings call that completing the projects and restarting operations would require up to $260 million, raised through new borrowing, according to a transcript reviewed by Semafor.
    Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Afterward, rescuers and a veterinary team from the University of California, Davis examined the horse and sedated it.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
  • However, no one had directly examined fully strained films thinner than about four nanometers using techniques capable of measuring both the motion and spin of electrons at the same time.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
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“Picked over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picked%20over. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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