as in selected
singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking
a picked group of people for the project
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as in harvested
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner
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as in chose
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
I pick you as my partner
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as in provoked
to bring (something volatile or intense) into being
he seems to be trying to pick a fight
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as in stabbed
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp
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Recent Examples of picked
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
In Wheeler’s recent story paneling a dozen scouts anonymously on draft prospects, not one picked Verhoeff as the best in the defense class.
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Joe Smith,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
The berries from Arilje are grown without chemicals and picked by hand for high quality.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
Darryn Peterson picked in a perfect place For much of the year, Darryn Peterson was expected to be selected first overall.
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Latif Love
june 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
Los Angeles gave up cash considerations and the draft rights to Spain's Sergio De Larrea, who was picked by the Lakers with the 25th selection Tuesday night.
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CBS News,
24 June 2026
Peterson of Kansas went second to the Utah Jazz while the Memphis Grizzlies picked Boozer third.
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Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
And in my experience, the readiness problem starts long before the bankers are picked.
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Louis Mosca,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The Athletic’s latest mock draft also has Burries (ninth to Mavericks) and Brown (10th to Bucks) being picked before the Heat’s selection.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
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Johnson was the first player picked by new Mavericks team president Masai Ujiri.
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Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
In Wheeler’s recent story paneling a dozen scouts anonymously on draft prospects, not one picked Verhoeff as the best in the defense class.
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Joe Smith,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
The berries from Arilje are grown without chemicals and picked by hand for high quality.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
Darryn Peterson picked in a perfect place For much of the year, Darryn Peterson was expected to be selected first overall.
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Latif Love
june 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
Los Angeles gave up cash considerations and the draft rights to Spain's Sergio De Larrea, who was picked by the Lakers with the 25th selection Tuesday night.
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CBS News,
24 June 2026
Peterson of Kansas went second to the Utah Jazz while the Memphis Grizzlies picked Boozer third.
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Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
And in my experience, the readiness problem starts long before the bankers are picked.
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Louis Mosca,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The Athletic’s latest mock draft also has Burries (ninth to Mavericks) and Brown (10th to Bucks) being picked before the Heat’s selection.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picked
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These pre-selected fighter pilots and their families moved into their apartments during the summer of 1960 after residing at the Frunze Central Airfield in Moscow.
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Viewers can earn in-game gear, weapons and other rare items by watching selected streamers who are playing Tarkov.
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His organs will be harvested on Saturday.
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Cathinone, considered to be the principal active stimulant, is structurally similar to d-amphetamine and at its highest levels when khat is harvested.
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Four minutes later, Brian Brobbey, who scored twice against Sweden, took a ball off the head of captain Virgil van Dijk and slammed it into the back of the net.
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The goal scorer then took an artful first touch before drilling it home.
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The president highlighted the military operation in Iran that has proven deeply unpopular, and an immigration agenda that has provoked intense backlash.
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Concentrated wealth has always converted into influence, and the republic absorbed it and built the antitrust law and disclosure rules that outlasted the men who provoked them.
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Threatened by the lack of water and nibbled by starving livestock, the trees that once formed a dense forest in the Somali region of Ethiopia are in danger, locals say.
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That led to a viral moment in a Lions’ Thanksgiving Day game when his teammates were shown chowing down on the turkey provided by Fox, while Montgomery nibbled on a carrot.
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The latest homicide was reported on Tuesday after a man was stabbed in the 400 block of South San Joaquin Street in Downtown Stockton.
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With that knife, Bland stabbed her husband in the head and neck — and, afterward, sliced her teenage daughter in the forearm as the teen tried to get Emii from Bland, the report says.
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Only select Archives employees are permitted to go into those stacks; one staffer suggested to me that this is because anyone can disappear in there, sucked down rabbit holes, if there are no guardrails.
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The delivery service has several Father's Day specials available while supplies last, including two for $10 select Doritos, Ruffles, Tostitos and Fritos products, two for $9 Frito Lay dips and two for $11 Crave Shoppe Ice Cream Bubbles.
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Despite the heat on Friday afternoon, a large crowd gathered at Bayfront Park to watch Team USA face off in its second match of the FIFA World Cup.
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Early yesterday, as Argentina sealed a 3-0 victory over Algeria, hundreds of fans gathered on the courtyard lawn of Beijing’s Argentine Embassy to cheer the team on.
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“Picked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picked. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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