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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Arian Smith, who was a fourth-round draft pick out of Georgia in April, will undoubtedly make the team.
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
Bieber was a 4th round Cleveland Indians draft pick out of University of California at Santa Barbara in 2016.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The kind of stuff Freeman sees while watching film but nobody outside the program would pick out.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Besides shooting in Busan, Kim also picks out Andong, far south-east of Seoul, as another of his favorite shooting locations.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
Bieber was a 4th round Cleveland Indians draft pick out of University of California at Santa Barbara in 2016.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The kind of stuff Freeman sees while watching film but nobody outside the program would pick out.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Besides shooting in Busan, Kim also picks out Andong, far south-east of Seoul, as another of his favorite shooting locations.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20out. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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