1
as in choice
a person or thing that is chosen
that team is my pick to win the Super Bowl
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2
as in best
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
the pick of the contestants will go on to the next competition
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3
as in option
the power, right, or opportunity to choose
you have first pick of your office mates for the softball team
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4
as in blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
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1
as in to harvest
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner
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2
as in to choose
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
I pick you as my partner
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as in to provoke
to bring (something volatile or intense) into being
he seems to be trying to pick a fight
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as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp
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Recent Examples of pick
MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Exclusive Paris pieces, such as totes and guitar picks, will be available, alongside its current season collections.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Musk is someone who doesn’t like not being picked.
—Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The Browns are clearly giving Gabriel, a third-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, a very difficult task to play in an entirely different country for his NFL debut.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Exclusive Paris pieces, such as totes and guitar picks, will be available, alongside its current season collections.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
That’s what someone on X said regarding another tweet saying that White Christian Nationalists are going to lose it over the news that Bad Bunny was picked to perform at the Super Bowl.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Musk is someone who doesn’t like not being picked.
—Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick
Noun
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The company released a more expensive version of its subscription-fee offering in the EU in 2023, but was slapped with a €200 million ($232 million) fine in April after regulators argued the model still breached the bloc’s digital antitrust rules and didn’t offer users a genuine free choice.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Since then, what counts as a good (virtuous) choice versus a bad (unvirtuous) one has become less and less clearly defined.—
Sophia Rosenfeld
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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Course Difficulty Flat, straight courses without many hills favor personal bests.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
25 Sep. 2025
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Kyle Schwarber is in the midst of what may be the most explosive offensive season of his MLB career, already setting personal bests with 53 home runs and 128 RBI.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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For women with dense breasts, several options exist beyond standard mammography.—
Dr. Megha Gupta,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Those cuts have left some families who had been hoping to join trials of new treatments scrambling to find other options.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Ravens have gotten off to a 1-3 start in a season for the first time since 2015, delivering an early blow to the team’s Super Bowl ambitions.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Then came the biggest blow with Gavi’s torn meniscus.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There is plenty of raw data online, but much of it is harvested privately by platforms.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Typically harvested from the thighs or abdomen via liposuction or a syringe, fat is gently purified and re-injected to restore volume and smooth wrinkles on the face, hands, and beyond.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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Ryuji dies in the Season 3 finale, choosing to head into the world of death rather than fight for life.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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No parent should choose between feeding a child and heating a home.—
Derrick Hollie,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Throughout the weekend, McIlroy and other European players sparred with fans, provoking the Irish golfer in at least one instance to yell back at the crowd, while others flashed middle fingers in response to the jeers.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Yet, as many observers predicted, attempts to extend transatlantic cohesion through NATO expansion ultimately provoked a Russian reaction that a transatlantic relationship premised on economic cooperation might not have had.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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The coffee and open food processing areas of a Tamarac gas station convenience store operating without a food permit got shut down by rodent nibbling and pooping.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Keeping gladiolus and other bulbs in bulb cages or a DIY cage made of chicken wire can add extra rodent protection and make sure nothing nibbles on your plants.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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