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verb

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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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as in to nibble
to eat reluctantly and in small bites still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food

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Recent Examples of pick
Noun
Bryant was being courted to become Calipari’s first NBA draft pick, a move that could have changed the course of the NBA forever. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025 Under new head coach Mike Vrabel, the Patriots used the pick in somewhat surprising fashion, taking a running back with the 38th overall selection. Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
Friday morning, owner Mike Repole asked fellow tweeters to assist him in picking a race for Fierceness. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025 The question for now is whether regulatory policy by the Federal Reserve is potentially picking winners and losers in the future design of blockchain platforms. Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick
Noun
  • These customers learn the hard way in viral Tiktok Adults ordering from the kid's menu more The kids menu is also becoming a go-to choice for adult diners, according to the survey.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Not surprisingly, Clemson vs. Texas (in a rematch of a first-round game last December) is our most popular choice for the national championship matchup, followed by an Ohio State-Texas rematch of their Week 1 showdown in Columbus.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Test yourself on park pioneers and baseball bests in this week's American Culture Quiz.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Rosé and Sabrina Carpenter both collect eight nods, which mark personal bests for the two stars.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Residents can choose from fiber, cable, 5G wireless and satellite options.
    Kara McGinley, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Fair Park Dog Park, 300 Raines Avenue Fair Park Dog Park offers guests two options, a .60-acre artificial turf surface for large dogs and a .26-acre artificial turf park for small dogs.
    Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The expiration of the enhanced subsidies will also deal a major blow to Covered Connecticut, a program that provides no-cost exchange plans to residents who make too much to qualify for Medicaid but still earn 175% or less than the federal poverty level.
    Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The Postal Savings Bank, established in 1911, softened the blow of the Great Depression for millions, before being killed by the big banks in 1967.
    Mark Dimondstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Leaves harvested after flowering may be tough and bitter.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
  • That hunt was planned to be seven-day event, but it was closed after just two days because bears were harvested too rapidly.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In 2020, 63 percent chose Joe Biden, according to AP VoteCast.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Merkley ultimately chose to close the camp after someone who seemingly did not live there fired a gunshot near a camp resident's tent the morning of July 25, according to police.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The defense also claimed that the two men Kemp shot at provoked the shooting by stealing Kemp’s truck, his cellphone and memorabilia in Seattle.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The work had been set to appear in Sherald’s solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery; on learning that the museum wished to remove the painting from the show to avoid provoking Trump, the artist canceled the exhibition.
    News Desk, Artforum, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Not all of the Hambone nominees are pets that like to nibble on odd objects.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In 2023, McKinsey said global payments revenue was at $2.2 trillion a year, a vast pool that technology is already nibbling.
    Alvin Kan, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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