as in guard
a person or group that watches over someone or something
set out a picket to watch the camp
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Recent Examples of picket
Bryce Covert, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
The Phoenix picket is among about 70 events planned this week in 60 cities across the country.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
The union has vowed to strike and picket the two local facilities until better terms are on the table.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Noah Dixon leading a picket outside of a Starbucks Coffee in Philadelphia.
—Bryce Covert, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
The Phoenix picket is among about 70 events planned this week in 60 cities across the country.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
Union officials said workers would picket both work sites around the clock.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
The union has vowed to strike and picket the two local facilities until better terms are on the table.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picket
Noun
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In tennis, when the changing of the guard happens, the best often know.—
Patrick McEnroe,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Sooners sixth-year guard Nijel Pack scored a game-high 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting, which included 6 for 11 from three-point range.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Go wall to wall One of the best ways to maximize vanity storage space, even in a small bathroom, is to build a custom cabinet that stretches from one wall to another.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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For a matchy-matchy mudroom transformation, the collection offers a coat rack and wall shelf with hooks to complement the shoe rack bench.—
Lauren Arzbaecher,
Architectural Digest,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Your Kansas tax dollars pay for salaries of state employees, from university chancellors and aerospace researchers to prison guards and custodians.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2026
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Additional pre-tax contributions of up to $5,000 a year are allowed but not required, and a parent is the custodian of the account until the child turns 18.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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On January 20th, Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff toured the facility and spoke with the warden as part of an oversight visit.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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In it, the warden confirmed lights are on 24/7.—
Mirella Brussani,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
Verb
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As a recent Forbes analysis on AI and internal controls underscores, when technology reshapes how money moves, CFOs become responsible not just for managing risk, but for preserving the control structures that protect enterprise value.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Parents, guardians and others can also contribute up to $5,000 annually until children turn 18 years old.—
Jessica Dickler,Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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Apparently, the Meyers in Long Beach were ruled unfit as guardians, or Lynn refused to go back to them, so juvenile authorities located some blood relatives, possibly her father or half sister, and put her on a train back East.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Why the hell doesn’t war ever change?—
Jack King,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2026
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On such an exchange were built colonies and empires, economies and fortunes, with slavery and war the byproducts.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The gas Citizens Energy serves customers, typically methane, is naturally odorless so the company adds mercaptan, which smells like sulfur or rotten eggs, to serve as a sentinel in case there's a gas leak.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
10 Dec. 2025
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The populations in Akwa (also in southeastern Igboland) formed vigilante groups armed with rifles, built towers where sentinels were posted, and their shots would alert villagers if raiders came within sight.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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