PICKS OVER Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

picks over

verb

present tense third-person singular of pick over

as in checks (out)

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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 Rocketbook app scans the pages to popular cloud services, like Dropbox, Google Drive, Slack and One Note.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
Radar then scans across 14 federal and state programs to identify benefits users may qualify for, from disability and food assistance to tax credits.

— Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of scans

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The county health department inspects all restaurants in the county except those in Fort Worth, Arlington, Euless and North Richland Hills.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
When an agent is treated like an intern, the human provides context, inspects the work closely, corrects mistakes, and gradually expands its responsibilities.

— Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of inspects

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Aranda tends to review pitches on the left side of the strike zone (from the pitcher’s point of view), while Caminero mostly scrutinizes pitches along the bottom.

— Abby DiSalvo, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
Nobody scrutinizes whether a wine marketer drinks or a skincare marketer uses their own serums.

— Peter Su, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of scrutinizes

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Tortorici said his film explores how institutions, such as school, family and the state, fail kids.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
The story centers on an authoritarian father and his two sons on vacation following a difficult separation and explores themes of power, masculinity and patriarchy.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of explores

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Depending on the cause of this morning's explosion, that mission and others could face delays as China investigates the incident.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Lizbeth Gwisdalla, who told The Times the department regularly investigates these types of online rental scams.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

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