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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Before his media career, Acho was a sixth-round pick out of Texas in 2012.
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Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Jones, 26, was a second-round pick out of Alabama in 2021.
—William Guillory, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Speedster Tyler Tolbert cut his teeth at Alabama Birmingham (UAB), while rookie pitcher and St. Joseph, Missouri native Noah Cameron was a seventh-round pick out of Central Arkansas.
—Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
The San Francisco 49ers tight end has played in two Super Bowls and has become one of the NFL’s biggest personalities after coming into the league as a relative unknown fifth-round draft pick out of Iowa.
—Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
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Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Jones, 26, was a second-round pick out of Alabama in 2021.
—William Guillory, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Speedster Tyler Tolbert cut his teeth at Alabama Birmingham (UAB), while rookie pitcher and St. Joseph, Missouri native Noah Cameron was a seventh-round pick out of Central Arkansas.
—Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
The San Francisco 49ers tight end has played in two Super Bowls and has become one of the NFL’s biggest personalities after coming into the league as a relative unknown fifth-round draft pick out of Iowa.
—Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20out. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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