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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Early Sunday morning, near the Place de la République, a part-time crossing guard named Joëlle, 71, scanned the wreckage along the Boulevard Voltaire from a bench, holding her shaggy shepherd mix, Pollux, on a leash.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Yet before the crows could be digitally designed, they were sculpted, and the character department built different parts of the crow — feathers, beaks, eyes and feet — to be scanned.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of scanned

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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
Each project will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, Rhoads said.

— Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of reviewed

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Generally, most households struggled more financially during the period examined, regardless of political representation, as median costs rose by 33 percent, while median incomes rose only 28 percent.

— Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
To determine whether Decipher could help guide that decision, researchers examined test scores from more than 27,000 patients in real-world data and 401 men with non-metastatic prostate cancer who had participated in the STAMPEDE abiraterone trial.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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