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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Looney was selected with the No. 30 pick out of UCLA in the 2015 NBA Draft, and went on to win three titles with Golden State.
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Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
Miller and her team had picked out a look from Daley’s spring 2022 collection that touched on designers with Caribbean lineage.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 16 May 2025
On the first floor, gamers can customize their own Nintendo Switch OLED, picking out the color of their dock, Joy-Cons and straps, using a kiosk.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Did your kids want to help pick out the elements of their room?
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
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Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
Miller and her team had picked out a look from Daley’s spring 2022 collection that touched on designers with Caribbean lineage.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 16 May 2025
On the first floor, gamers can customize their own Nintendo Switch OLED, picking out the color of their dock, Joy-Cons and straps, using a kiosk.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Did your kids want to help pick out the elements of their room?
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20out. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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