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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Losing not just one but three centerfielders to injury, the Tigers have been forced to go with 2019 fourth-round draft pick out of UCLA Ryan Kreisler, who has managed just four hits in 37 at bats so far.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
What can’t be excused, however, is in that same 2019 Draft, Grier and the Dolphins picked Michael Deiter, a third-round pick out of Wisconsin.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Bernardine picked out a blond one, curled and short like June Cleaver, a typical Eisenhower-era housewife.
—Susannah Cahalan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Magnets are used to pick out ferrous metals, such as steel.
—Alex Jordan, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
What can’t be excused, however, is in that same 2019 Draft, Grier and the Dolphins picked Michael Deiter, a third-round pick out of Wisconsin.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Bernardine picked out a blond one, curled and short like June Cleaver, a typical Eisenhower-era housewife.
—Susannah Cahalan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Magnets are used to pick out ferrous metals, such as steel.
—Alex Jordan, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20out. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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