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Recent Examples of once-over
Give it a quick once-over for any pests hiding under leaves, insect eggs, or foliage issues that may indicate a lack of nutrients.
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
Check For Pests Give every plant a once-over before bringing them indoors.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
Using a Dry Cleaning Cloth While Dusting Giving your furniture and shelves a once-over with a duster can stir up potential allergens, says Alan Goldsobel, MD, an allergist based in San Jose.
—Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
To avoid this most irritating scenario, give your high-traffic or mess-prone areas a quick once-over with the vacuum.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
Code the shareholders wished out before us like slugs in a...
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Karen Solie
First impression of a hasty once-over.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
Check For Pests Give every plant a once-over before bringing them indoors.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
Using a Dry Cleaning Cloth While Dusting Giving your furniture and shelves a once-over with a duster can stir up potential allergens, says Alan Goldsobel, MD, an allergist based in San Jose.
—Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
And truly, a medical pedicure isn’t your average nail salon appointment: Performed by technicians trained to spot the difference between a callus and psoriasis, say, every session begins with a once-over of the feet to assess their condition.
—Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
Check For Pests Give every plant a once-over before bringing them indoors.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
Using a Dry Cleaning Cloth While Dusting Giving your furniture and shelves a once-over with a duster can stir up potential allergens, says Alan Goldsobel, MD, an allergist based in San Jose.
—Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
To avoid this most irritating scenario, give your high-traffic or mess-prone areas a quick once-over with the vacuum.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
Code the shareholders wished out before us like slugs in a...
Conversion
Karen Solie
First impression of a hasty once-over.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
Check For Pests Give every plant a once-over before bringing them indoors.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
Using a Dry Cleaning Cloth While Dusting Giving your furniture and shelves a once-over with a duster can stir up potential allergens, says Alan Goldsobel, MD, an allergist based in San Jose.
—Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
And truly, a medical pedicure isn’t your average nail salon appointment: Performed by technicians trained to spot the difference between a callus and psoriasis, say, every session begins with a once-over of the feet to assess their condition.
—Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for once-over
Noun
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Here’s the group, sorted by their walk rate over at FanGraphs, for your perusal.—
Eno Sarris,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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That data is transmitted to a nearby computer or smartphone, where it's recorded for subsequent perusal by a physician.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Half of all counties in Oregon, for example, qualify as child-care deserts for preschoolers, and thirty-five out of thirty-six counties in the state are child-care deserts for infants and toddlers, according to research out of Oregon State University.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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This technology is becoming common-place faster than the personal computer or internet did, his research shows.—
Karim Doumar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
Noun
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The show is set in 15th century Europe at a time of inquisition, a time when heretics are burned at the stake and it is essentially forbidden to look at the stars.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
15 Mar. 2025
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More snarky inquisitions continue deep into the episode when Morton hosts a lavish birthday party at her Atlanta mansion and both Williams and Kenya Moore, who’s noticeably been omitted from the season’s promo images, are introduced to the show’s new crew.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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During interrogation, detectives kicked the men in their legs and genitals and punched them in the head, according to the lawsuit.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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The individual was said to have confessed during interrogation.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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“Once-over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/once-over. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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