pick out

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Recent Examples of pick out Michael King received $100,000 as a 12th-round pick out of Boston College in 2016. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025 Price Besides the main Android/iOS question, price is the simplest difference between the watches to pick out. PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025 Enagbare, a fifth-round pick out of South Carolina, is in his fourth season with Green Bay. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025 Early, a fifth-round draft pick out of Virginia in 2023, has progressed rapidly through the Red Sox farm system. Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pick out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick out
Verb
  • Some of the papers appear to have highlighted words, though they couldn't be made out clearly.
    Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Slade then reveals the alleged existence of a tape that includes not just the song but the sounds of Tamra and an unnamed ’90s pop star in the studio making out, having forgotten that the tape was running.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Henderson, a black 17-year-old student, identified as incel and expressed antisemitic, nihilistic, and occult beliefs, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The swift police response and use of video surveillance technology proved crucial in identifying and apprehending the shooter.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The tailback picked up a nice block from left guard Connor Colby, then scooted to the Arizona 16-yard line.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • In Conner's absence, Trey Benson picked up 42 yards on the ground.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pasquatch sighting in Cleveland!
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
  • From locations that are plagued by light pollution, sighting this comet may prove to be rather difficult.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His mother, Lucia Ayala, visited him weekly and noticed the onset of a cough, the outlet said.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Security sweep on course As the Republican candidate stood on the fifth-hole putting green last September, Fercano, the Secret Service agent, was riding a golf cart in a security sweep of the sixth hole and noticed someone hiding behind a chain-link fence in the southeast corner of the course.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To view the list of past winners,visit the Mega Millions website.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Many of the biblical references including the rider of the pale horse, come from the Book of Revelation, which is ostensibly about the second coming of Christ and judgment day has also been viewed by many as an allegorical commentary on first century Christianity and Rome.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These pressures not only shape male friendships, but in familial relationships between fathers, sons, and brothers, and how men perceive vulnerability and emotional literacy.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The Kimmel controversy underscores how politicized opinions and comments around Kirk’s murder have become, with high-profile campaigns urging employers to fire people who make comments perceived as unflattering about Kirk.
    Ana Nicolaci da Costa, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025

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