pick over

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Verb
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2025
  • In the most recent study led by Luque, researchers reviewed data from multiple observations of the planet.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • One corner of the store also featured dozens of PC cases, giving customers the chance to physically inspect them.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • Trump looked around the facility, closely inspecting the coils and other nearby steel products, including household appliances on display.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • The researchers also examined more than 2,700 genomes of modern plague samples from Asia, Africa, and North and South America.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
  • Jacob Soboroff, a national and political correspondent for NBC News, has set a deal with HarperCollins to write a book examining the wildfires that devastated his hometown of Pacific Palisades as well as Altadena in January.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • The crash is now being investigated by the NTSB and FAA.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • In one study of over 12,000 adults, researchers investigated whether genetics influences the link between vegetable intake and weight or obesity.
    Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • There’s a single 8-megapixel camera that, again, is acceptable at this tablet’s price point, but otherwise not a camera most would want to use for anything other than the most basic use (like maybe scanning documents).
    Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • One couple was relieved to have made it out of their hearing without being detained -- but were still scanning the parking lot outside the courthouse, nervous that agents would approach them.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • Soto, whose every swing has been heavily scrutinized since the Subway Series last week, finally had a home field hero moment with a go-ahead two-run double off Tony Gonsolin in the bottom of the fourth.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
  • So in scrutinizing what is going on in the ongoing conference finals, perhaps the most significant prism of one of a big-two prism.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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“Pick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20over. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.

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