pick out
verb
picked out; picking out; picks out
2
: to play the notes of by ear or one by one
picking out tunes on the piano
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The light fades as divers disappear farther into a cave system, until the greenish hue from their flashlight is all that’s visible, bouncing off walls, picking out creatures humans might never have seen before, and illuminating a world otherwise confined to total darkness.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
Armonda gently probed the glittering mass, picking out shrapnel.
—Martha Raddatz, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026
Kane struck the crossbar with a thunderous shot before sealing the result in the 80th with a shot inside the bottom corner after being picked out by Luis Díaz.
—ABC News, 23 May 2026
At the time of our telephone chat, the film’s star was driving to Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise to pick out a few outfits for his character, who’s in every scene.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
Armonda gently probed the glittering mass, picking out shrapnel.
—Martha Raddatz, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026
Kane struck the crossbar with a thunderous shot before sealing the result in the 80th with a shot inside the bottom corner after being picked out by Luis Díaz.
—ABC News, 23 May 2026
At the time of our telephone chat, the film’s star was driving to Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise to pick out a few outfits for his character, who’s in every scene.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20out. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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