pickings

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Recent Examples of pickings But those many decades living without predators ruined their flight response, and the horses became easy pickings for mountain lions and other predators. — Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2022 Talent is being signed up at such speed and scale that slim pickings remain for indie producers to put their best packages forward, let along bring equity partners along for the ride. — Angus Finney, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022 The Japanese restaurant is a welcome addition to the area, as Bellaire and Meyerland have long had slim pickings in the dining department. — Megha McSwain, Chron, 2 Sep. 2022 Trees stressed by extreme weather become easy pickings for marauding insects and fungi. — Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for pickings
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickings
odds and ends
Plural Noun
  • Especially once they’re pushed out of their family home and must make do in a cottage in Devonshire, Snell wanted to show how the girls borrow from each other, adapt odds and ends, and don’t always put outfits together to match.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Once a week, Miller bakes a potato and gives the odds and ends in her refrigerator somewhere to go.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Pickings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickings. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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