PICKED OUT Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

picked out

verb

past tense of pick out

as in looked (at)

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Krantz said the suspect, a male city resident who has not yet been publicly identified, was spotted entering the school by a community member, who eventually pursued him into the school and shot him.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Police identified the suspect as a 16-year-old Bend resident.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026

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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
Zaslav’s top deputies also made out extremely well from the combination under new corporate parent Skydance, which closed this week, according to SEC filings.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

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Paramount Pictures has picked up the film rights to Red Rising, the best-selling dystopian sci-fi series by Pierce Brown.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
The sensor successfully picked up a similar cook time of around three minutes and 30 seconds, resulting in the quickest version of the dish I’d had at home in three years.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026

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