PICKED OVER Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

picked over 1 of 2

adjective

as in winnowed (out)

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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

Definition of screened

Verb

As for the plane in question, this is a variant of the venerable F-16 and is a heavily modernized version featuring, among other features, APG-83 Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
GPTZero also scanned 300 of the roughly 20,000 submissions to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) and found more than 50 hallucinated citations.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of scanned

Verb

Restaurants are inspected by the Department of Business & Professional Regulation.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
And when new subdivisions and commercial buildings are built, that adds to the permanent infrastructure that must be operated, inspected, maintained, repaired, upgraded and restored for decades.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of inspected

Verb

The council hasn’t yet reviewed the agreement in full and will receive copies on Tuesday.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026
In another email later Wednesday afternoon, Lee said ABC News’ editors had reviewed the language and were standing by the piece.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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