pick out

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Recent Examples of pick out The sixth-round draft pick out of Colorado has been a healthy scratch for the first four games. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025 Williams, a 2025 third-round pick out of Washington State, is a potential big-play threat for an offense that’s been lacking in explosive passing plays. Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 These dogs get to pick out toys, work a treat puzzle or flop down on a couch with volunteers. Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025 Still just 22, the 2024 third-round pick out of Utah had a sack in the Broncos’ season opener, two pressures against the Colts and four more against the Chargers. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pick out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick out
Verb
  • Aurora’s spider web was made out of string and glue, very much in line with how the old musicals were created.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Lay’s were made out of the spuds.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The body that mysteriously turned up in the landing gear of a plane at Charlotte Douglas International Airport has been identified as a 25-year-old originally from Guatemala, according to investigators.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The essence of impartial justice is treating like conduct alike—not identifying the target and then finding the crime.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Since being deployed to the nation’s capital in August, many guardsmen have been assigned to help with beautification projects like picking up trash and laying mulch, according to CNN.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This picks up any holding with both an honor and the nine onside, which outweighs the alternative play of finessing the 10.
    Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His call to the Coast Guard upon sighting Humphrey resulted in a comical conversation.
    Helen Harlan, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • One of the six runways at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport was closed for about 45 minutes early Saturday afternoon after reports of a drone sighting around noon (1000 GMT), military police spokesman Doron Wallin told The Associated Press.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Crew aboard the ship noticed that the engine room—a long and narrow chamber—was the weakest, and was where multiple beams buckled under the pressure of the ice.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Neither that notice nor the agenda for the meeting, posted the day before, gave details about which property the board would be voting on or its intended use.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The administration, however, views public schools as a monopoly that should be broken up.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Israel views him and some others as terrorist masterminds who murdered Israeli civilians and has refused to release them in past exchanges.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Later bedtimes, co-sleeping, and room sharing—practices more common in some Latino households—may affect both sleep duration and how parents perceive their children’s rest.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Joy echoed the sentiment, explaining how the same outfit could be perceived completely differently depending on body type.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 8 Oct. 2025

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