pick over

verb

Definition of pick overnext
as in to check (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick over
  1. review
  2. inspect
  3. examine
  4. investigate
  5. scan
  6. scrutinize
Verb
  • Congress now has 90 days of continuous session to review the agreement, which would go into effect absent objection.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Still, the archetypal influencer in our cultural imagination is not a man reviewing watches on YouTube or hosting a podcast from his studio in Austin.
    — Laura Jung, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of review
Verb
  • Engineers need to inspect those structures without cutting them apart or damaging them.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Some walked up to inspect it themselves, convinced West had to have something available.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of inspect
Verb
  • Movie night this past week was Taylor Sheridan’s Wind River, an absolutely devastating neo-Western that examines the injustice many Native American women face on and off the reservation.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Now, in this new study, the international team examined the curious fossil under cross-polarized light, allowing more of its structure to be visible.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of examine
Verb
  • Police investigated the death of Holmes for 18 months before charging Vaughn, Early and Brown in March 1990.
    — Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Gibson Dunn, an external law firm, investigated and dismissed Love’s complaints.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of investigate
Verb
  • At Hull’s railway station an hour or so later, a few Manchester United fans are scanning the departures board near Philip Larkin’s statue, which captures the late poet mid-stride.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Visitors will use smartphones to scan codes inside the Icon Park attraction for clues that will help track down five missing artifacts and the story behind the techniques used by Tussaud.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of scan
Verb
  • What the Dolphins will do at linebacker will be heavily scrutinized.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Steven Finkelstein of the University of Texas at Austin is leading a program that will hunt for very bright, very distant galaxies that Roman and other observatories could nonetheless scrutinize in lavish detail.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of scrutinize
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“Pick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20over. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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