picks over

verb

present tense third-person singular of pick over
as in checks (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picks over
  1. audits
  2. scans
  3. reviews
  4. examines
  5. inspects
  6. scrutinizes
  7. explores
  8. investigates
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  • As these legal complaints shake out, and UC Davis audits its own processes, former members of UC Davis’ championship-winning equestrian team are figuring out how to move forward.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • In Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam, workers report intimidation, surveillance and firing threats to suppress organizing—all tactics that audits routinely miss.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of audits
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  • The excess of emotion often scans as winkingly facetious, a dramatization to demonstrate just how deeply a person loves books.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
  • The Incogni app, a PCMag Editors’ Choice winner, scans hundreds of people-search websites and personal data aggregators and automates the process of opting your data out of their collections.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026
Definition of scans
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  • Code review latency stayed flat, because an agent now reviews code and calls in a second human only when risk warrants it, saving 30 percent of human review time.
    — John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • If one frame triggers concern, the system reviews additional frames before escalating the case for human review, blocking the content, or terminating the call, depending on the specific platform specifications.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of reviews
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  • The Gleason score is assigned after a pathologist examines biopsy samples.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • This piece examines a different threat — a natural disaster that everyone knows is coming, but no one really knows when.
    — Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 23 July 2026
Definition of examines
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  • The state Labor Department annually inspects Fury 325 prior to the park opening for the season, along with daily checks from park employees who also inspect the rides in the park.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
  • Typically, an embryologist inspects embryos produced through IVF and assesses their quality.
    — Edna Bonhomme, Scientific American, 6 July 2026
Definition of inspects
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  • Nobody scrutinizes whether a wine marketer drinks or a skincare marketer uses their own serums.
    — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The Samsara navigation system, a suite of road- and driver-facing cameras installed inside commercial trucks, punitively scrutinizes drivers for safety violations.
    — Louis Bury, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
Definition of scrutinizes
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  • Masahiko Imai, 54, who also works at the garden, quietly explores solutions through various approaches, such as transplanting, soil preparation, planting shade trees and conducting cultivation experiments.
    — Hiroshige Yazawa Japan News, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026
  • As Odysseus wanders from place to place, discovering the foreign customs and attitudes of each one, the story explores the concept of home, asking what kind of civilization is appropriate for an authentic human being.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of explores
Verb
  • No Country for Mothers is a documentary from Moms First, Culture House Media, and French Tuck Media that investigates the lies used throughout history to distract and divide American mothers.
    — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Researchers at Group—IB, a global cybersecurity company that investigates online fraud and digital crime, analyzed the new threat.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of investigates
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