pick out

verb

Definition of pick outnext
as in to make out

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Recent Examples of pick out Simmons, a former first-round pick out of Clemson and a special teams ace, has been elevated from the practice squad to the game day roster the first two weeks of the 2026 season and has played in both games for Carolina (1-1). — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026 Home organizer Tanner tells clients to pick out their favorites and assign a job to each. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 The third-round pick out of USC was one of the stars of Ravens training camp, impressing in practices and scoring a touchdown in the team’s first preseason game. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 To someone using a grocery app, the store looks like a list of products on a screen, not the physical supermarket where a worker will go to pick out an order. — Longreads, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pick out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick out
  1. make out
  2. identify
  3. pick up
  4. sight
  5. notice
  6. view
  7. perceive
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  • Likewise, this season, dancers making out at Diesel made spectators part of the performance.
    — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
  • If the check is made out to the new company's retirement plan, nobody will be able to cash it except the plan sponsor.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of make out
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  • After being asked to step out of the chair, a police dog identifies a tin of Altoids in the artist’s pocket.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Sheriff’s officials said the detectives later identified Morales Garcia, Farfan Ambriz and Medina as suspects in the homicide and obtained arrest warrants for them.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of identify
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  • Are the rest of the characters going to pick up the slack in trauma now that Owen and Teddy are gone?
    — Max Gao, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • During his time there, the experienced UK producer picked up the rights to Australian series Muster Dogs and landed the Guz Khan commission.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pick up
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  • Trump said upon sighting CNN’s journalist-as-jump scare Kaitlan Collins.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
  • For hunters looking for the best long range cartridge of that time, O’Connor suggested sighting in at 300 yards.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of sight
Verb
  • Be intentional about noticing autumn and Halloween displays on lawns and porches, which seem as popular as ever this year.
    — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • They are focused on inspecting what is known as the Taraia Object, a visual anomaly that has been visible in aerial photos dating back to 1938 but was first noticed in satellite imagery in 2020.
    — Lana Zak, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of notice
Verb
  • Independent creators capture 42%–43% of sports viewing hours on YouTube in Korea and Thailand, while league and club channels take 10%–19%.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • While the streaming giant still lords over its rivals in the subscription space and co-chiefs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters command an annual content spending budget of $20 billion, Wall Street arguably has viewed this as an off year for Netflix.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of view
Verb
  • It’s flanked by the After chair, which is perceived as a stack of layers and elements.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The label made viewers perceive less effort behind the work, which reduced their willingness to engage with the brand and lowered their assessments of product quality.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of perceive

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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20out. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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