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verb

past tense of pick up
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as in cleaned house
to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff I thought you said you had picked up, so why are these things still lying around the rec room?

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of picked up
Verb
Elijah Irvin picked up 104 yards rushing, 103 in the second half, on 13 carries for Saginaw and had runs of 26 and 18 yards on the Rough Riders’ final drive to help run out the clock. Updated October 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025 After debuting at the Dallas International Film Festival, Due West recently picked up Best Feature Film honors at both the Burbank International Film Festival and the El Paso Film Festival over the weekend. Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025 As the intensity of practices has picked up as of late, Hildeby has also stood his ground. Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Fillet picked up the estate in 1972 for a mere $138,000. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025 Declines picked up in recent years, with the growth rate down 3% between 2019 and 2024. Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025 Edelman’s contract expired as Paramount+ canceled the Inside the NFL, which was then picked up by the CW. Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 The court was told that Lisa was picked up by her friends and sister from the train station before heading to the bar. Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025 Kept running, barefoot, as the bus picked up speed. Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picked up
Adjective
  • There, the music switches to distant, classical pomp and the actor takes a seat at a tidy press junket-style set.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Tenacious, fearless, tidy, good on the ball and defensively tight for the most part.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump mastered it decades ago, on The Apprentice.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Quince has mastered the art of layering pieces.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • More than 70% of these missions have been dedicated to building out the Starlink network, by far the largest satellite constellation ever assembled.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Simon Tikhman, co-founder and CEO of music company The Core Entertainment — whose clients include Bailey Zimmerman, Cameron Whitcomb and Nickelback — assembled the soundtrack alongside Interscope Records.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After the team’s 14 rushes gained just 19 yards, there was some belief that maybe the Dolphins couldn’t run the ball.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Backdrop was founded in 2018 by Natalie and her husband Caleb Ebel, and quickly gained a cult following for its selection of paint colors.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • All mandatory evacuations were lifted Sunday, but low-lying areas and residences along the river remain on pre-evacuation orders.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • So when the moratorium was lifted, a wave of eviction notices followed.
    Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Five days later she and Troy were arrested along with William Merritt, Troy’s friend who accompanied him and was later convicted as an accessory.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Federal investigators say a Florida man has been arrested in connection with one of the most destructive wildfires in California history, a blaze that began as a New Year’s spark that charred some 7,000 structures and killed 12 people.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Khamenei has not resumed his usual routine of weekly speeches to audiences.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • As of this Monday production has resumed, but the reverberations of the event reflects beer’s intrinsic tie to national identity (like Guinness to the Irish).
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wells Fargo trimmed its price targets on paint and coating companies Sherwin-Williams ($395 from $400) and PPG ($132 from $135) but kept its buy ratings on both stocks.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Ottawa trimmed its active roster to 21 players, two below the maximum of 23, ahead of Monday’s league-wide deadline.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Picked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picked%20up. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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