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as in masters
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in
he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks
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as in assembles
to bring together in one body or place
pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark
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as in buys
to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for
could you pick up some milk at the store?
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as in grows (in)
to gradually increase in
the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat
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as in lifts
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa
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as in arrests
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food
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as in cleans 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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as in resumes
to begin again or return to after an interruption
after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off
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as in trims
to make neat
the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while
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Recent Examples of picks up
Much of it will come when the wind picks up at night, complementing California’s abundant daytime solar power, and batteries, which discharge for a few hours around sunset.
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Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Apart from the World Cup, tourism in New York City picks up in summer months.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
Larsson becomes eligible to sign an extension with the Heat starting July 6 after the team picks up the option in his contract ahead of the late-June deadline.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
Season 2 picks up with Isla Gordon no longer the surprise choice to lead the Los Angeles Waves, but very much the one with a target on her back.
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Kennedy French,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
The series picks up 15 years after the finale of The Handmaid's Tale, and follows Agnes and Daisy (Lucy Halliday), a rebellious newcomer.
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Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
Burgess didn't know that the deductible must be met before insurance picks up part of the tab.
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Jackie Fortiér,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
Ao Tanaka, playing in what would be the Aaronson role on Saturday, picks up the knockdown and feeds Gudmundsson, in acres of space, wide left.
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Beren Cross,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
Clouds increase as the wind picks up through the day Sunday.
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Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Apart from the World Cup, tourism in New York City picks up in summer months.
—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
Larsson becomes eligible to sign an extension with the Heat starting July 6 after the team picks up the option in his contract ahead of the late-June deadline.
—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
Season 2 picks up with Isla Gordon no longer the surprise choice to lead the Los Angeles Waves, but very much the one with a target on her back.
—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
The series picks up 15 years after the finale of The Handmaid's Tale, and follows Agnes and Daisy (Lucy Halliday), a rebellious newcomer.
—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
Burgess didn't know that the deductible must be met before insurance picks up part of the tab.
—
Jackie Fortiér,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
Ao Tanaka, playing in what would be the Aaronson role on Saturday, picks up the knockdown and feeds Gudmundsson, in acres of space, wide left.
—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
Clouds increase as the wind picks up through the day Sunday.
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Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picks up
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Finally, Kim masters the steps and takes to the stage with confidence, as her family cheers her on!
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Levy masters one hilarious perplexed comedic reaction after another as Nicky, a closeted pastor with a zany, highly dysfunctional family.
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The crew assembles prominent figures from the Ghibli pipeline alongside newer talent.
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Travelers forward their confirmations, and the software assembles an organized trip timeline in one clear view, without the usual manual entry.
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Depending on who buys it, the movie could now be in play for the Venice Film Festival.
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Rather than picking winners, an investor buys one diversified basket.
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Your 11th House of Friends gains steady, reliable traction, and small teamwork wins start adding up steadily in visible ways.
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One of the central ideas behind UrbanKore is that art gains deeper meaning when experienced in the environment that helped shape it.
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Move east and the wind softens, the fog lifts earlier, the temperature rises a degree per mile.
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Video appears to show Thomas driving a fist into Clark's neck before Thomas lifts herself from the scuffle and carries on play.
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Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.
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Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.
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Testimony resumes Monday in Sacramento Superior Court.
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Robbie Ray will be on the mound once game one of the series resumes.
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Coppola's preferred version of the film, Final Cut, removes or trims a handful of sequences, including the exchange between Willard (Martin Sheen) and the Playboy Playmates, and Kurtz (Marlon Brando) reading from TIME magazine.
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For 2026, the hybrid is offered in LXS, EX, SX, and SX Prestige trims.
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