as in to make out
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Williams, a second-round draft pick out of Kentucky, upped his involvement with the big club in recent weeks, serving as Mazzulla’s third-choice big man behind starter Neemias Queta and top backup Garza.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Jones, also traded on Tuesday from Orlando to Charlotte, is a former first-round draft pick out of Duke.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
Continuing with Seattle’s stellar 2025 draft class, Hugus was their third-round pick out of Miami, working 92-94 with a solid-average slider and at least average command.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
On a chilly day before Christmas, Teresa Rivas helped a tween boy pick out a new winter coat.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Jones, also traded on Tuesday from Orlando to Charlotte, is a former first-round draft pick out of Duke.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
Continuing with Seattle’s stellar 2025 draft class, Hugus was their third-round pick out of Miami, working 92-94 with a solid-average slider and at least average command.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
On a chilly day before Christmas, Teresa Rivas helped a tween boy pick out a new winter coat.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick out
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But, um, filler words aren’t the villains they’re made out to be.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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Chapter 13 is not always the clean break it's made out to be, and there are some downsides to taking this path.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Like South Carolina, North Carolina and Texas don’t require reporting of hospitalizations, but epidemiologists can identify them during case investigations.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Meridian Police Chief Tracy Basterrechea didn't identify the substance poured on the inside and outside of the ambulance.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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People picked up their brushes (or beauty blenders) and followed their favorite creator's routines step-by-step or used their work as inspiration to perfect the craft.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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He’s made no official announcements yet, and the person who picked up a Friday call to his campaign phone line did not answer a question about whether any decisions had been made.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Feb. 2026
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In addition to the occasional energy vortex, Sedona is said to be a UFO sighting hot spot.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2026
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The streets appeared largely quiet in many south Minneapolis neighborhoods where unmarked convoys of immigration agents have been sighted regularly in recent weeks, including the neighborhoods where the two deaths occurred.—
Mike Catalini,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Leaphorn then notices a radiator leak, and says that whoever sped off couldn't have gone far.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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Of course, most of them have been too drunk to notice.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Research on growth mindset shows that kids who believe abilities can improve with effort are more likely to persist after failure and view challenges as opportunities to learn.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Parents,
17 Feb. 2026
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As the years went on, many challenges were increasingly viewed with derision, including a photo shoot in which contestants were made up to be different races and another in which a contestant whose mother had been shot and paralyzed was made to pose as a gunshot victim.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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At the time, bank bailouts, accompanied by emergency measures from central banks, eventually restored calm to the financial markets, but that didn’t curb the public anger at the bankers, who were rightly perceived to be in a no-lose position.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Despite the contradiction, this strategy worked because elites are universally perceived as out of touch with the real world – with privileged and sheltered life experience that begets a sense of superiority.—
Alexa Beck,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20out. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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